PLANTS Profile for Kalmia polifolia (bog laurel)

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Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
bog laurel

Symbol:

KAPO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Robert Tatina. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

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Synonyms:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

CHGL9	Chamaedaphne glauca (Aiton) Kuntze
KAPOP	Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. ssp. polifolia	laurel
KAPOR	Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. var. rosmarinifolia (Pursh) Rehder

Distribution:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.


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USA (AK, CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (AB, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 7 species in Kalmia

Classification:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Kalmia L. – laurel
Species	Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. – bog laurel

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

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.

New Jersey:
pale-laurel		Endangered
New York:
bog laurel		Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
pale laurel		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23679.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 06:08 AM MDT