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Heracleum maximum Bartram
common cowparsnip

       
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Heracleum lanatum

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Heracleum maximum Bartram

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Synonyms:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

  HELA4 Heracleum lanatum Michx.
  HESPM Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. montanum (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Briq.
  HESPL Heracleum sphondylium L. var. lanatum (Michx.) Dorn
 

Distribution:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 3 species in Heracleum
 

Classification:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

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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 Apiales
Family Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus Heracleum L. – cowparsnip
Species Heracleum maximum Bartram – common cowparsnip
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

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.

Kentucky:
Heracleum lanatum
cow-parsnip              Endangered
Tennessee:
cow-parsnip              Special Concern
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

Heracleum lanatum
common cowparsnip
cow parsnip

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

Heracleum lanatum:

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
FACU-,OBL FACU- FAC FACW FAC FACW NO OBL FAC FAC+ FACU FACU NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502953.

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.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Heracleum maximum Bartram

CO-Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

CT-Connecticut Botanical Society

MI-Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants

Natural History of North America

Natural History of the North Woods

US National Library of Medicine

USDI FWS-BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program

WA-Central Washington Native Plants

WI-University of Wisconsin Botany

Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest

 
 
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