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Trillium erectum L.
red trillium

       
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Trillium erectum L.

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Synonyms:
Trillium erectum L.

  TRERA Trillium erectum L. var. album Pursh
  TRERF Trillium erectum L. var. flavum Torr.
 

Distribution:
Trillium erectum L.

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USA (AL, CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Trillium erectum L.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 39 species in Trillium
 

Classification:
Trillium erectum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus Trillium L. – trillium
Species Trillium erectum L. – red trillium
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Trillium erectum L.

This plant is 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.

Illinois:
purple trillium              Endangered
New York:
purple trillium              Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
purple trillium              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Trillium erectum 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
UPL,FACU FACU- FACU UPL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Trillium erectum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43070.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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