PLANTS Profile for Hippuris vulgaris (common mare's-tail)

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Hippuris vulgaris L.
common mare's-tail

Symbol:

HIVU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Hippuridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Hippuris vulgaris L.

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Distribution:
Hippuris vulgaris L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Hippuris vulgaris L.

View 1 genera in Hippuridaceae, 3 species in Hippuris

Classification:
Hippuris vulgaris L.

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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	Callitrichales
Family	Hippuridaceae – Mare's-tail family
Genus	Hippuris L. – mare's-tail
Species	Hippuris vulgaris L. – common mare's-tail

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hippuris vulgaris L.

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:
common mare's-tail		Extirpated
Maine:
common mare's-tail		Special Concern
New Hampshire:
common mare's-tail		Threatened
New York:
mare's-tail		Endangered
Vermont:
mare's-tail		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Hippuris vulgaris L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Hippuris vulgaris L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27069.

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

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 Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 06:02 AM MDT