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Trillium cernuum L.
whip-poor-will flower

       
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Trillium cernuum L.

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Synonyms:
Trillium cernuum L.

  TRCEM Trillium cernuum L. var. macranthum Eames & Wiegand
 

Distribution:
Trillium cernuum L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Trillium cernuum L.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 39 species in Trillium
 

Classification:
Trillium cernuum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus Trillium L. – trillium
Species Trillium cernuum L. – whip-poor-will flower
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Trillium cernuum L.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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:
nodding trillium              Endangered
Indiana:
Trillium cernuum var. macranthum
nodding trillium              Endangered
New York:
nodding trillium              Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio:
nodding trillium              Presumed Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Trillium cernuum L.

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,FACW FACW FACW- FAC FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Trillium cernuum L.

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 43065.

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

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

 
 
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