PLANTS Profile for Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)

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PLANTS Profile

Ceanothus americanus L.
New Jersey tea

Symbol:

CEAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rhamnaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MI, Grand Rapids. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Ceanothus americanus L.

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Synonyms:
Ceanothus americanus L.

	CEAMI	Ceanothus americanus L. var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr. & A. Gray
	CEAMP	Ceanothus americanus L. var. pitcheri Torr. & A. Gray
	CEIN11	Ceanothus intermedius Pursh

Distribution:
Ceanothus americanus L.


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

Related Taxa:
Ceanothus americanus L.

View 20 genera in Rhamnaceae, 64 species in Ceanothus

Classification:
Ceanothus americanus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rhamnales
Family	Rhamnaceae – Buckthorn family
Genus	Ceanothus L. – ceanothus
Species	Ceanothus americanus L. – New Jersey tea

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ceanothus americanus 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.

Maine:
New Jersey tea		Threatened

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Ceanothus americanus L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Moderate						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Ceanothus americanus L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28454.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Related Web Sites:
Ceanothus americanus L.

CT-Connecticut Botanical Society

KY-Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

MO-MBG Plant Finder

NC-Native Plant Fact Sheet (NCSU)

NY-Brooklyn Botanic Garden

OK-Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

Wildflowers of the Southeastern U.S.

Time Generated: 09/01/2009 11:00 PM MDT