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Buchnera americana L.
American bluehearts

       
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Buchnera americana L.

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Synonyms:
Buchnera americana L.

  BUBR Buchnera breviflora Pennell
  BUFL Buchnera floridana Gandog.
 

Distribution:
Buchnera americana L.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Buchnera americana L.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 4 species in Buchnera
 

Classification:
Buchnera americana L.

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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 Scrophulariales
Family Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus Buchnera L. – bluehearts
Species Buchnera americana L. – American bluehearts
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Buchnera americana 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.

Indiana:
bluehearts              Endangered
Maryland:
blue-hearts              Endangered, Extirpated
Michigan:
blue-hearts              Probably Extirpated
New York:
blue-hearts              Endangered
Ohio:
bluehearts              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
bluehearts              Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Buchnera americana 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
FACU,FAC FACU FAC FAC- NO FACU FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Buchnera floridana:

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 NO FACW- NO NO NO FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Buchnera americana L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33505.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 09/22/2008 07:56 AM MDT