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Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.
spreading sandwort

       
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Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

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Distribution:
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

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

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NM, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 27 species in Arenaria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. ssp. lanuginosa. .
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa
spreading sandwort
Distribution of Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. ssp. saxosa (A. Gray) Maguire. . Image Available.
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa
spreading sandwort
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus Arenaria L. – sandwort
Species Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. – spreading sandwort
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

This plant is 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.

Tennessee:
wooly sandwort              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

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 NO NO NO FACU NI FACU NO NI NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20258.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/23/2008 04:55 PM MDT