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Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.
woodland lettuce

       
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Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

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Distribution:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (MB, ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 13 species in Lactuca or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn. var. floridana. .
Lactuca floridana var. floridana
woodland lettuce
Distribution of Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn. var. villosa (Jacq.) Cronquist. . Image Available.
Lactuca floridana var. villosa
woodland lettuce
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

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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 Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Lactuca L. – lettuce
Species Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn. – woodland lettuce
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

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:
woodland lettuce              Threatened
New York:
false lettuce              Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

woodland lettuce

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

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
FACU-,FAC+ FACU- FACU FAC- FAC FACU FAC+ NO NO NO NO NO FACU NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36599.

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

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.

 
 
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