PLANTS Profile for Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew's cross)

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PLANTS Profile

Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz
St. Andrew's cross

Symbol:

HYHY

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Clusiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Photo of Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

©Ted Bodner. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller. 2005. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. University of Georgia Press., Athens. Courtesy of University of Georgia Press. Image scanned by Forestry Images. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

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Distribution:
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

View 8 genera in Clusiaceae, 76 species in Hypericum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz ssp. hypericoides. . Image Available.

Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
St. Andrew's cross

Distribution of Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz ssp. multicaule (Michx. ex Willd.) N. Robson. .

Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
St. Andrew's cross

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

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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	Theales
Family	Clusiaceae – Mangosteen family
Genus	Hypericum L. – St. Johnswort
Species	Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz – St. Andrew's cross

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

The related entities 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.

Massachusetts:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
St. Andrew's cross		Endangered
New York:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
St. Andrew's cross		Endangered

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.

Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

Ascyrum hypericoides [=HYHYH]:

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,FACW

FACU

FAC

FACU

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503138.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 01:21 AM CDT