PLANTS Profile for Heracleum sphondylium (eltrot)

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PLANTS Profile

Heracleum sphondylium L.
eltrot

Symbol:

HESP6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Distribution:
Heracleum sphondylium L.


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USA (CT, DC, MA, ME, NJ, NY, OR, VT, WA), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Heracleum sphondylium L.

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 3 species in Heracleum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. sibiricum (L.) Simonkai. .

Heracleum sphondylium ssp. sibiricum
eltrot

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Heracleum sphondylium L.

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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	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus	Heracleum L. – cowparsnip
Species	Heracleum sphondylium L. – eltrot

Introduced Information:
Heracleum sphondylium L.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Heracleum sphondylium L.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Heracleum sphondylium L.

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 29671.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:44 AM CDT