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Spiraea alba Du Roi
white meadowsweet

       
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Photo of Spiraea alba Du Roi
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Spiraea alba Du Roi

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Distribution:
Spiraea alba Du Roi

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USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Spiraea alba Du Roi

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 31 species in Spiraea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Spiraea alba Du Roi var. alba. .
Spiraea alba var. alba
white meadowsweet
Distribution of Spiraea alba Du Roi var. latifolia (Aiton) Dippel. . Image Available.
Spiraea alba var. latifolia
white meadowsweet
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Spiraea alba Du Roi

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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 Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Spiraea L. – spirea
Species Spiraea alba Du Roi – white meadowsweet
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Spiraea alba Du Roi

This plant and the related entityitalicized 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:
narrow-leaved meadowsweet              Endangered
Ohio:
Spiraea alba var. latifolia
northern meadow-sweet              Presumed Extirpated
Tennessee:
narrow-leaved meadow-sweet              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Spiraea alba Du Roi

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Spiraea latifolia [=SPALL]:

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
FAC+,FACW FAC+ FACW FACW- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Spiraea alba Du Roi

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25329.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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