PLANTS Profile for Bidens beckii (Beck's water-marigold)

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Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.
Beck's water-marigold

Symbol:

BIBE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

Megalodonta beckii

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 500. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

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Synonyms:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

MEBE2	Megalodonta beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene	Beck's water-marigold
MEBEB	Megalodonta beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene var. beckii	Beck's water-marigold
MEBEH	Megalodonta beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene var. hendersonii Sherff	Henderson's water-marigold
MEBEO	Megalodonta beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene var. oregonensis Sherff	Oregon water-marigold

Distribution:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.


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USA (CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 51 species in Bidens

Classification:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Bidens L. – beggarticks
Species	Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng. – Beck's water-marigold

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

This plant and synonyms 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.

Connecticut:
Megalodonta beckii
water-marigold		Threatened
Illinois:
water marigold		Endangered
Indiana:
Beck water-marigold		Endangered
Iowa:
Megalodonta beckii
water marigold		Endangered
New Jersey:
water-marigold		Endangered
New York:
Megalodonta beckii var. beckii
water-marigold		Threatened
Ohio:
Megalodonta beckii
water-marigold		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
Megalodonta beckii
Beck's water-marigold		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

Megalodonta beckii:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 09:32 PM MDT