PLANTS Profile for Gaultheria humifusa (alpine spicywintergreen)

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PLANTS Profile

Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.
alpine spicywintergreen

Symbol:

GAHU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.

©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Lewis Co., Mount Rainier National Park, Tatoosh Range. August 4, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.

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Distribution:
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 6 species in Gaultheria

Classification:
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.

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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	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Gaultheria L. – snowberry
Species	Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb. – alpine spicywintergreen

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACU

FAC+

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.

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 23654.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:54 PM CDT