PLANTS Profile for Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia)

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Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl
weeping forsythia

Symbol:

FOSU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Oleaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China. Usage Requirements.

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Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

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Distribution:
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl


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USA (AR, CT, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, UT, VA, WA)

Related Taxa:
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

View 14 genera in Oleaceae, 5 species in Forsythia

Classification:
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

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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	Scrophulariales
Family	Oleaceae – Olive family
Genus	Forsythia Vahl – forsythia
Species	Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl – weeping forsythia

Introduced Information:
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

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 32962.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:27 PM CST