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Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
slender threeseed mercury

       
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Synonyms:
Acalypha gracilens A. Gray

  ACGRD Acalypha gracilens A. Gray var. delzii L. Mill.
  ACGRF Acalypha gracilens A. Gray var. fraseri (Müll. Arg.) Weath.
  ACVIG Acalypha virginica L. var. gracilens (A. Gray) Müll. Arg.
 

Distribution:
Acalypha gracilens A. Gray

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Acalypha gracilens A. Gray

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 23 species in Acalypha
 

Classification:
Acalypha gracilens A. Gray

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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 Euphorbiales
Family Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus Acalypha L. – copperleaf
Species Acalypha gracilens A. Gray – slender threeseed mercury
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Acalypha gracilens A. Gray

  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
Miller Moderate           Low  

Wildlife Habitat Values

 

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:
Acalypha gracilens A. Gray

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28183.

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.

 
 
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