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Calycanthus floridus L.
eastern sweetshrub

       
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Calycanthus floridus L.

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Distribution:
Calycanthus floridus L.

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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Calycanthus floridus L.

View 1 genera in Calycanthaceae, 3 species in Calycanthus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Calycanthus floridus L. var. floridus. . Image Available.
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
eastern sweetshrub
Distribution of Calycanthus floridus L. var. glaucus (Willd.) Torr. & A. Gray. . Image Available.
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
eastern sweetshrub
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Calycanthus floridus L.

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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 Laurales
Family Calycanthaceae – Strawberry-shrub family
Genus Calycanthus L. – sweetshrub
Species Calycanthus floridus L. – eastern sweetshrub
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calycanthus floridus L.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms 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.

Florida:
sweet shrub              Endangered
Kentucky:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
sweetshrub              Threatened
Ohio:
Calycanthus fertilis [=CAFLG]
sweet-shrub              Presumed Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Calycanthus floridus L.

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+ NI FACU+ NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Calycanthus fertilis [=CAFLG]:

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,FACU+ FACU FACU+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Calycanthus floridus L.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller Low              
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Calycanthus floridus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18142.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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).

 

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Calycanthus floridus L.

Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

 
 
Time Generated: 10/26/2008 08:51 AM MDT