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Geranium carolinianum L.
Carolina geranium

       
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Geranium carolinianum L.

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Distribution:
Geranium carolinianum L.

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, 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, MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Geranium carolinianum L.

View 3 genera in Geraniaceae, 43 species in Geranium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Geranium carolinianum L. var. carolinianum. .
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
Carolina geranium
Distribution of Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung. .
Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum
Carolina geranium
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Geranium carolinianum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Geraniales
Family Geraniaceae – Geranium family
Genus Geranium L. – geranium
Species Geranium carolinianum L. – Carolina geranium
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Geranium carolinianum L.

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.

New Hampshire:
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
Carolina cranesbill              Endangered
Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum [=GECAC4]
cranesbill              Endangered
New York:
Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum
Carolina cranesbill              Threatened
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Geranium carolinianum L.

Carolina geranium

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.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Geranium carolinianum 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
Everitt Low           Low  
Gee Moderate              
Miller Low   Minor       Low  
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Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Ardmore.

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:
Geranium carolinianum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 29105.

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

View species account and photographs 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.

 
 
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