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Maianthemum canadense Desf.
Canada mayflower

       
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Maianthemum canadense Desf.

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Synonyms:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

  MACAI Maianthemum canadense Desf. var. interius Fernald
  MACAP Maianthemum canadense Desf. var. pubescens Gates & Ehlers
  UNCA Unifolium canadense (Desf.) Greene
 

Distribution:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

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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, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 5 species in Maianthemum
 

Classification:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

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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 Maianthemum F.H. Wigg. – mayflower
Species Maianthemum canadense Desf. – Canada mayflower
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

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.

Kentucky:
wild lily-of-the-valley              Threatened
New Jersey:
Maianthemum canadense var. interius
western false lily-of-the-valley              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

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

More Accounts and Images:
Maianthemum canadense Desf.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503653.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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