Acalypha virginica L.
Virginia threeseed mercury
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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
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Images:
Acalypha virginica L.
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Distribution:
Acalypha virginica L.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV) |
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Related Taxa:
Acalypha virginica L.
View
60 genera in Euphorbiaceae,
23 species in Acalypha
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Classification:
Acalypha virginica L.
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Classification Report.
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Threatened and Endangered Information:
Acalypha virginica L.
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.
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list for that location.
Connecticut: |
Virginia copperleaf |
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Special Concern |
Maine: |
three-seeded mercury |
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Possibly Extirpated |
New Hampshire: |
three-seeded mercury |
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Threatened |
New York: |
Virginia three-seeded mercury |
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Endangered |
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U.S. Weed Information:
Acalypha virginica L.
Virgina threeseed mercury
Virginia copperleaf
mercuryweed
threeseeded mercury
wax balls
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant
may be known by one or more common names in different
places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym
to view each weed list, or click here for a
composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
N'EAST |
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Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso.
1997.
Weeds of the Northeast.
Cornell University Press.
Ithaca, New York.
397pp.
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SWSS |
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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Wetland Indicator Status:
Acalypha virginica L.
Nat. Ind. |
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Reg. 0 |
Reg. A |
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Reg. H |
UPL,FACU |
FACU- |
FACU- |
FACU |
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UPL* |
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NI* |
NO |
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
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More Accounts and Images:
Acalypha virginica L.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28195.
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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