PLANTS Profile for Dicentra canadensis (squirrel corn)

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PLANTS Profile

Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.
squirrel corn

Symbol:

DICA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fumariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.

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Synonyms:
Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.

BICA4

Bicuculla canadensis (Goldie) Millsp.

Distribution:
Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.

View 8 genera in Fumariaceae, 7 species in Dicentra

Classification:
Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Fumariaceae – Fumitory family
Genus	Dicentra Bernh. – bleeding heart
Species	Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. – squirrel corn

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.

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.

Connecticut:
squirrel corn		Threatened
Maine:
squirrel-corn		Threatened
New Hampshire:
squirrel-corn		Threatened
New Jersey:
squirrel-corn		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.

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 18943.

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.

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

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 12:35 PM MDT