PLANTS Profile for Sagittaria subulata (awl-leaf arrowhead)

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Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau
awl-leaf arrowhead

Symbol:

SASU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Alismataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

Sagittaria lorata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 104. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

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Synonyms:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

	SALO12	Sagittaria lorata (Chapm.) Small
	SASUN	Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau var. natans (Michx.) J.G. Sm.
	SASUS	Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau var. subulata

Distribution:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, WA)

Related Taxa:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

View 5 genera in Alismataceae, 28 species in Sagittaria

Classification:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Alismatales
Family	Alismataceae – Water-plantain family
Genus	Sagittaria L. – arrowhead
Species	Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau – awl-leaf arrowhead

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

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.

Connecticut:
arrowleaf		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata
river arrowhead		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
subulate arrow-head		Rare
Rhode Island:
river arrowhead		Historical

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38912.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 04:50 PM MDT