PLANTS Profile for Viola cucullata (marsh blue violet)

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Viola cucullata Aiton
marsh blue violet

Symbol:

VICU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Viola cucullata Aiton

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Synonyms:
Viola cucullata Aiton

	VICUM	Viola cucullata Aiton var. microtitis Brainerd
	VIOB3	Viola obliqua Hill

Distribution:
Viola cucullata Aiton


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Viola cucullata Aiton

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola

Classification:
Viola cucullata Aiton

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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	Violales
Family	Violaceae – Violet family
Genus	Viola L. – violet
Species	Viola cucullata Aiton – marsh blue violet

Wetland Indicator Status:
Viola cucullata Aiton

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Viola cucullata Aiton

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505709.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

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Viola cucullata Aiton

Canada-Official Plants of New Brunswick

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 10:50 PM MDT