PLANTS Profile for Myosurus minimus (tiny mousetail)

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PLANTS Profile

Myosurus minimus L.
tiny mousetail

Symbol:

MYMI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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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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Myosurus minimus L.

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Synonyms:
Myosurus minimus L.

	MYCL	Myosurus clavicaulis M. Peck p.p.
	MYLE3	Myosurus lepturus (A. Gray) Howell
	MYMIA	Myosurus minimus L. ssp. apus (Greene) G.R. Campb. p.p.
	MYMIM	Myosurus minimus L. ssp. major (Greene) G.R. Campb.
	MYMIA7	Myosurus minimus L. var. apus Greene p.p.
	MYMIC3	Myosurus minimus L. var. clavicaulis (M. Peck) G.R. Campb. p.p.
	MYMIF2	Myosurus minimus L. var. filiformis Greene
	MYMII	Myosurus minimus L. var. interior B. Boivin
	MYMIL	Myosurus minimus L. var. lepturus A. Gray
	MYMIM7	Myosurus minimus L. var. major (Greene) K.C. Davis

Distribution:
Myosurus minimus L.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Myosurus minimus L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 5 species in Myosurus

Classification:
Myosurus minimus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Myosurus L. – mousetail
Species	Myosurus minimus L. – tiny mousetail

Wetland Indicator Status:
Myosurus minimus L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,OBL

FACW+

FACW-

FACW

OBL

FACW

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Myosurus minimus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 503898.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 01:07 AM MDT