PLANTS Profile for Spiraea japonica (Japanese meadowsweet)

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Spiraea japonica L. f.
Japanese meadowsweet

Symbol:

SPJA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	Japanese spiraea

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Usage Requirements.

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Spiraea japonica L. f.

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Synonyms:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

SPJAA

Spiraea japonica L. f. var. alpina Maxim.

Distribution:
Spiraea japonica L. f.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV), CAN (NS, ON)

Related Taxa:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 31 species in Spiraea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Spiraea japonica var. bullata

Spiraea japonica var. fortunei
fortune meadowsweet

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

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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 japonica L. f. – Japanese meadowsweet

U.S. Weed Information:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

Japanese spiraea

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.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU+

FACU-

FACU+

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25335.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Spiraea japonica L. f.

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 08:17 AM MDT