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Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray
oysterleaf

       
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Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

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Distribution:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, MA, ME, NH), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. asiatica (Takeda) S.L. Welsh. .
Mertensia maritima var. asiatica
oysterleaf
Distribution of Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima. . Image Available.
Mertensia maritima var. maritima
oysterleaf
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

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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 Lamiales
Family Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus Mertensia Roth – bluebells
Species Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray – oysterleaf
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

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.

Massachusetts:
oysterleaf              Endangered
New Hampshire:
oyster plant              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

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
FAC,FACW FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31661.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 
 
Time Generated: 10/22/2008 07:43 PM MDT