PLANTS Profile for Myosotis sylvatica (woodland forget-me-not)

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PLANTS Profile

Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.
woodland forget-me-not

Symbol:

MYSY

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.

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Distribution:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.


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USA (CA, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 12 species in Myosotis

Classification:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.

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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	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Myosotis L. – forget-me-not
Species	Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. – woodland forget-me-not

Introduced Information:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.

Nat. Ind.

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FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.

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 31698.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 10:23 AM MDT