PLANTS Profile for Daucus pusillus (American wild carrot)

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PLANTS Profile

Daucus pusillus Michx.
American wild carrot

Symbol:

DAPU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I?
CAN		N

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Daucus pusillus Michx.

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Distribution:
Daucus pusillus Michx.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, NC, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Daucus pusillus Michx.

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 2 species in Daucus

Classification:
Daucus pusillus Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus	Daucus L. – wild carrot
Species	Daucus pusillus Michx. – American wild carrot

Introduced Information:
Daucus pusillus Michx.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Daucus pusillus Michx.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Daucus pusillus Michx.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29478.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 03:08 AM MDT