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Saxifraga pensylvanica L.
eastern swamp saxifrage

       
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Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

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Synonyms:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

  MIPE4 Micranthes pensylvanica (L.) Haw.
  SAFO2 Saxifraga forbesii Vasey
  SAPEI Saxifraga pensylvanica L. ssp. interior Burns
  SAPET Saxifraga pensylvanica L. ssp. tenuirostrata Burns
  SAPEF Saxifraga pensylvanica L. var. forbesii (Vasey) Engl. & Irmsch.
  SAPEP Saxifraga pensylvanica L. var. purpuripetala (A.M. Johnson) Bush
 

Distribution:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 72 species in Saxifraga
 

Classification:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

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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 Rosales
Family Saxifragaceae – Saxifrage family
Genus Saxifraga L. – saxifrage
Species Saxifraga pensylvanica L. – eastern swamp saxifrage
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

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.

Indiana:
Saxifraga forbesii
Forbes saxifrage              Endangered
Kentucky:
swamp saxifrage              Historical
Maine:
swamp saxifrage              Threatened
Rhode Island:
swamp saxifrage              Special Concern
Tennessee:
swamp saxifrage              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

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
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Saxifraga forbesii:

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- NO NO FACU- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24234.

View species account 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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