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Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub
fireweed

       
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Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

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Distribution:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 2 species in Chamerion or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. angustifolium. . Image Available.
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
fireweed
Distribution of Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch. . Image Available.
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum
fireweed
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Myrtales
Family Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus Chamerion Raf. ex Holub – fireweed
Species Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub – fireweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
Epilobium angustifolium [=CHANA2]
fireweed              Endangered
Ohio:
Epilobium angustifolium [=CHANA2]
fireweed              Endangered
Tennessee:
Epilobium angustifolium [=CHANA2]
fireweed              Special Concern
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

Epilobium angustifolium [=CHANA2]
blooming sally
fireweed

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

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.

Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

Epilobium angustifolium [=CHANA2]:

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
FACU,FAC FAC FACU FAC FAC FAC NO FAC FACU FACU+ FAC FACU NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

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 510756.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
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