PLANTS Profile for Littorella uniflora (American shoreweed)

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Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.
American shoreweed

Symbol:

LIUN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 250. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonyms:
Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

	LIAM3	Littorella americana Fernald
	LIUNA	Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch. var. americana (Fernald) Gleason

Native Status:
Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (ME, MI, MN, NY, VT, WI), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 1 species in Littorella

Classification:
Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

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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	Plantaginales
Family	Plantaginaceae – Plantain family
Genus	Littorella P.J. Bergius – littorella
Species	Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch. – American shoreweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

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.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32924.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 07:42 PM CDT