PLANTS Profile for Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana (western moss heather)

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PLANTS Profile

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

Symbol:

CAMEM

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 var. mertensiana

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams. July 1, 2004. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don var. mertensiana

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Distribution:
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don var. mertensiana


View Native Status

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

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

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 3 species in Cassiope, 2 varieties in Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don

Classification:
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don var. mertensiana

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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
Variety	Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don var. mertensiana – 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 var. mertensiana

Cassiope mertensiana:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

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 var. mertensiana

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527187.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 07:46 PM CDT