PLANTS Profile for Chimaphila maculata (striped prince's pine)

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PLANTS Profile

Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh
striped prince's pine

Symbol:

CHMA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Pyrolaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

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Synonyms:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

CHMAD

Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh var. dasystemma (Torr.) Kearney & Peebles

Distribution:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

View 4 genera in Pyrolaceae, 3 species in Chimaphila

Classification:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Pyrolaceae – Shinleaf family
Genus	Chimaphila Pursh – prince's pine
Species	Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh – striped prince's pine

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

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.

Illinois:
spotted wintergreen		Endangered
Maine:
spotted wintergreen		Endangered
New York:
spotted wintergreen		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

	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							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:
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 23767.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 02:51 AM MDT