PLANTS Profile for Cassiope mertensiana (western moss heather)

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PLANTS Profile

Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don
western moss heather

Symbol:

CAME7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

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Distribution:
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 3 species in Cassiope or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don var. gracilis (Piper) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Cassiope mertensiana var. gracilis
western moss heather

Distribution of Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don var. mertensiana. . Image Available.

Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana
western moss heather

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

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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	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Cassiope D. Don – mountain heather
Species	Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don – western moss heather

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU+

FACU+

FACU*

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23537.

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

View species account 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 Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:17 PM CST