PLANTS Profile for Asarum caudatum (British Columbia wildginger)

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PLANTS Profile

Asarum caudatum Lindl.
British Columbia wildginger

Symbol:

ASCA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aristolochiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Asarum caudatum Lindl.

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Synonyms:
Asarum caudatum Lindl.

ASCAC2

Asarum caudatum Lindl. var. caudatum

British Columbia wildginger

Distribution:
Asarum caudatum Lindl.


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USA (CA, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Asarum caudatum Lindl.

View 3 genera in Aristolochiaceae, 6 species in Asarum

Classification:
Asarum caudatum Lindl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Aristolochiales
Family	Aristolochiaceae – Birthwort family
Genus	Asarum L. – wildginger
Species	Asarum caudatum Lindl. – British Columbia wildginger

Wetland Indicator Status:
Asarum caudatum Lindl.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACU*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Asarum caudatum Lindl.

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18354.

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.

Time Generated: 10/31/2008 06:34 AM MDT