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Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.
American yellowrocket

       
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Photo of Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.
Ralph Faust. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

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Synonyms:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

  BAAM Barbarea americana Rydb.
  BAORD Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb. var. dolichocarpa Fernald
 

Distribution:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 3 species in Barbarea
 

Classification:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus Barbarea W.T. Aiton – yellowrocket
Species Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb. – American yellowrocket
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

This plant 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:
American winter-cress              Possibly Extirpated
New Hampshire:
American winter-cress              Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

American yellowrocket
wintercress

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

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,OBL OBL NO OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL FACW+ FACW FACW NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22740.

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

 
 
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