PLANTS Profile for Ephedra viridis (mormon tea)

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PLANTS Profile

Ephedra viridis Coville
mormon tea

Symbol:

EPVI

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Ephedraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, UT, Grand Co., Arches National Park. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Ephedra viridis Coville

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Distribution:
Ephedra viridis Coville


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OR, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Ephedra viridis Coville

View 1 genera in Ephedraceae, 20 species in Ephedra

Classification:
Ephedra viridis Coville

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Gnetophyta – Mormon tea and other gnetophytes
Class	Gnetopsida
Order	Ephedrales
Family	Ephedraceae – Mormon-tea family
Genus	Ephedra L. – jointfir
Species	Ephedra viridis Coville – mormon tea

More Accounts and Images:
Ephedra viridis Coville

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502319.

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 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Related Web Sites:
Ephedra viridis Coville

AZ-Northern Arizona Flora

CA-California Native Plant Society (Santa Clara Valley)

CA-Jepson Flora Project

CO-Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

Gymnosperm Database

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

NM-Medicinal Plants of the Southwest

UK-Plants For A Future

USDI NPS Traveling Artist Project

UT-Range Plants (USU)

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 07:34 AM MDT