PLANTS Profile for Cardamine oligosperma (little western bittercress)

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PLANTS Profile

Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.
little western bittercress

Symbol:

CAOL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

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Distribution:
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NY, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 40 species in Cardamine or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. var. kamtschatica (Regel) Detling. .

Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica
umbel bittercress

Distribution of Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. var. oligosperma. .

Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma
little western bittercress

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

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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	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Cardamine L. – bittercress
Species	Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. – little western bittercress

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

FAC

FACW

Cardamine umbellata [=CAOLK]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22805.

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: 01/03/2013 05:07 PM CST