PLANTS Profile for Cardamine pensylvanica (Pennsylvania bittercress)

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PLANTS Profile

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Pennsylvania bittercress

Symbol:

CAPE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

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Synonyms:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

CAPEB

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. var. brittoniana Farw.

Distribution:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.


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USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 40 species in Cardamine

Classification:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Cardamine L. – bittercress
Species	Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. – Pennsylvania bittercress

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

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

FAC,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW

OBL

FACW

OBL

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

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 22772.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 03:23 PM MDT