PLANTS Profile for Coptis trifolia (threeleaf goldthread)

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Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.
threeleaf goldthread

Symbol:

COTR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MI, Grayling. Usage Requirements.

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Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

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Synonyms:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

	COGR13	Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fernald
	COTRG	Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. ssp. groenlandica (Oeder) Hultén
	COTRG2	Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. var. groenlandica (Oeder) Fassett

Distribution:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.


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USA (AK, CT, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 4 species in Coptis

Classification:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

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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	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Coptis Salisb. – goldthread
Species	Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. – threeleaf goldthread

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

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.

Maryland:
goldthread		Endangered
Washington:
goldthread		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18767.

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

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 09:38 AM MDT