PLANTS Profile for Casearia sylvestris (crackopen)

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PLANTS Profile

Casearia sylvestris Sw.
crackopen

Symbol:

CASY2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Flacourtiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

PR		N
VI		N

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Casearia sylvestris Sw.

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Distribution:
Casearia sylvestris Sw.


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Casearia sylvestris Sw.

View 14 genera in Flacourtiaceae, 6 species in Casearia

Classification:
Casearia sylvestris Sw.

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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	Violales
Family	Flacourtiaceae – Flacourtia family
Genus	Casearia Jacq. – casearia
Species	Casearia sylvestris Sw. – crackopen

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Casearia sylvestris Sw.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Casearia sylvestris Sw.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501314.

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