PLANTS Profile for Camassia scilloides (Atlantic camas)

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Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory
Atlantic camas

Symbol:

CASC5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

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Synonyms:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

	CAES3	Camassia esculenta (Raf.) Cory
	QUHY2	Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britton

Distribution:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory


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USA (AL, AR, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 6 species in Camassia

Classification:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Camassia Lindl. – camas
Species	Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory – Atlantic camas

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

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.

Michigan:
wild-hyacinth		Threatened
North Carolina:
wild hyacinth		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
wild hyacinth		Endangered
Wisconsin:
wild hyacinth		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC

FACW

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42892.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 04:18 AM MDT