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Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton
Canadian licorice-root

       
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Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

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Distribution:
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

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USA (AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 12 species in Ligusticum
 

Classification:
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

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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 Apiales
Family Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus Ligusticum L. – licorice-root
Species Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton – Canadian licorice-root
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

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.

Indiana:
Nondo lovage              Endangered
Maryland:
American lovage              Endangered, Extirpated
Ohio:
American lovage              Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
lovage              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

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 FAC FAC FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29528.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 01:43 PM MDT