PLANTS Profile for Galium tinctorium (stiff marsh bedstraw)

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Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.
stiff marsh bedstraw

Symbol:

GATI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

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Synonyms:
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

	ASTI4	Asperula tinctoria L.
	GACL3	Galium claytonii Michx.
	GAOBF3	Galium obtusum Bigelow var. floridanum (Wiegand) Fernald
	GATIF	Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop. ssp. floridanum (Wiegand) Puff
	GATID	Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop. var. diversifolium W. Wight
	GATIF3	Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop. var. floridanum Wiegand
	GATRT2	Galium trifidum L. ssp. tinctorium (L.) H. Hara
	GATRT3	Galium trifidum L. var. tinctorium (L.) Torr. & A. Gray

Distribution:
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 84 species in Galium

Classification:
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

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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	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Galium L. – bedstraw
Species	Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop. – stiff marsh bedstraw

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

OBL

FACW

OBL

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34803.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:36 PM CST