PLANTS Profile for Lespedeza repens (creeping lespedeza)

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PLANTS Profile

Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton
creeping lespedeza

Symbol:

LERE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

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Synonyms:
Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

HERE7

Hedysarum repens L.

Distribution:
Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 36 species in Lespedeza

Classification:
Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

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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	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lespedeza Michx. – lespedeza
Species	Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton – creeping lespedeza

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

This plant is 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.

Connecticut:
creeping bush-clover		Special Concern
New York:
trailing lespedeza		Rare

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

	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	Low						Moderate

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:
Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton

View species account 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 503402.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 12:05 PM CDT