PLANTS Profile for Carphephorus tomentosus (woolly chaffhead)

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PLANTS Profile

Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray
woolly chaffhead

Symbol:

CATO5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

CATOW

Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray var. walteri (Elliott) Fernald

Distribution:
Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray


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USA (GA, NC, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 7 species in Carphephorus

Classification:
Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & 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	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Carphephorus Cass. – chaffhead
Species	Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray – woolly chaffhead

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carphephorus tomentosus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36943.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:14 PM CST