PLANTS Profile for Sagittaria calycina var. spongiosa (hooded arrowhead)

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PLANTS Profile

Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.
hooded arrowhead

Symbol:

SACAS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Alismataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

Lophotocarpus spongiosus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 97. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

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Synonyms:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

	LOSP6	Lophotocarpus spathulatus J.G. Sm.
	LOSP5	Lophotocarpus spongiosus (Engelm.) J.G. Sm.
	SAMOS2	Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl. ssp. spongiosa (Engelm.) Bogin
	SAMOS3	Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl. var. spongiosa (Engelm.) B. Boivin
	SASP10	Sagittaria spathulata (J.G. Sm.) Buchenau

Distribution:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VA), CAN (NB, QC)

Related Taxa:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

View 5 genera in Alismataceae, 28 species in Sagittaria, 2 varieties in Sagittaria calycina Engelm.

Classification:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Alismatales
Family	Alismataceae – Water-plantain family
Genus	Sagittaria L. – arrowhead
Species	Sagittaria calycina Engelm. – hooded arrowhead
Variety	Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm. – hooded arrowhead

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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:
Sagittaria calycina
spongy arrow-head		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
Sagittaria montevidensis ssp. spongiosa
estuary arrowhead		Endangered
New York:
spongy arrowhead		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
long-lobed arrow-head		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

Sagittaria calycina:

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

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.

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 182451.

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

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 10:15 AM MDT