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Pyrola americana Sweet
American wintergreen

       
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Pyrola americana Sweet

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Synonyms:
Pyrola americana Sweet

  PYASA2 Pyrola asarifolia Michx. ssp. americana (Sweet) KrĂ­sa
  PYOB Pyrola obovata Bertol.
  PYRO Pyrola rotundifolia auct. non L. p.p.
  PYROA2 Pyrola rotundifolia L. ssp. americana (Sweet) R.T. Clausen
  PYROA Pyrola rotundifolia L. var. americana (Sweet) Fernald
  PYROR Pyrola rotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia
 

Distribution:
Pyrola americana Sweet

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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, DC, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Pyrola americana Sweet

View 4 genera in Pyrolaceae, 7 species in Pyrola
 

Classification:
Pyrola americana Sweet

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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 Pyrola L. – wintergreen
Species Pyrola americana Sweet – American wintergreen
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pyrola americana Sweet

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.

Indiana:
Pyrola rotundifolia var. americana
American wintergreen              Rare
Kentucky:
American wintergreen              Historical
Tennessee:
American wintergreen              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Pyrola americana Sweet

Pyrola rotundifolia:

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
FACU,FAC FAC FACU FAC- FACU NO NO NO NI NO NO FACU NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Pyrola americana Sweet

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504691.

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.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/23/2008 08:30 AM MDT