PLANTS Profile for Lindera benzoin var. benzoin (northern spicebush)

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Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin
northern spicebush

Symbol:

LIBEB

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

Benzoin aestivale

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 135. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

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Synonyms:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

BEAE

Benzoin aestivale (L.) Nees

Distribution:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin


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USA (AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 3 species in Lindera, 2 varieties in Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume

Classification:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Lindera Thunb. – spicebush
Species	Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume – northern spicebush
Variety	Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin – northern spicebush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

The related entity italicized and indented below is 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.

Maine:
Lindera benzoin
spicebush		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

Lindera benzoin:

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

FACW-,FACW

FACW-

FACW

FACW-

FACW

FACW-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 194908.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 04:56 AM MDT