PLANTS Profile for Syringa vulgaris (common lilac)

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PLANTS Profile

Syringa vulgaris L.
common lilac

Symbol:

SYVU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Oleaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Courtesy of ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS ND State Office. United States, ND. Usage Requirements.

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Syringa vulgaris L.

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Distribution:
Syringa vulgaris L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Syringa vulgaris L.

View 14 genera in Oleaceae, 16 species in Syringa

Classification:
Syringa vulgaris L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Oleaceae – Olive family
Genus	Syringa L. – lilac
Species	Syringa vulgaris L. – common lilac

Introduced Information:
Syringa vulgaris L.

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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More Accounts and Images:
Syringa vulgaris L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32996.

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.

Related Web Sites:
Syringa vulgaris L.

AR-University of Arkansas Horticulture

CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database

KS-Kansas Forest Service

MI-Michigan State University Extension

MN-Minnesota Power

MO-MBG Plant Finder

NH-State Plants

OR-Oregon State University Landscape Plants

WI-Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest United States

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 12:19 AM MDT