PLANTS Profile for Senna hebecarpa (American senna)

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Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby
American senna

Symbol:

SEHE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MD, Antietam. Usage Requirements.

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Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

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Synonyms:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

	CAHE9	Cassia hebecarpa Fernald
	CAHEL	Cassia hebecarpa Fernald var. longipila E.L. Braun
	SEHEL	Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby var. longipila (E.L. Braun) C.F. Reed

Distribution:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 60 species in Senna

Classification:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

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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	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Senna Mill. – senna
Species	Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby – American senna

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
wild senna		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
wild senna		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Cassia hebecarpa
wild senna		Endangered
Rhode Island:
wild senna		Historical
Vermont:
wild senna		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

Cassia hebecarpa:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC

FAC+

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505155.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 01:45 AM MDT