PLANTS Profile for Lysichiton americanus (American skunkcabbage)

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PLANTS Profile

Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John
American skunkcabbage

Symbol:

LYAM3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Araceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Strybing Arboretum. October 1, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

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Synonyms:
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

LYCA6

Lysichiton camtschatcensis auct. non (L.) Schott

Distribution:
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John


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USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

View 29 genera in Araceae, 1 species in Lysichiton

Classification:
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arales
Family	Araceae – Arum family
Genus	Lysichiton Schott – skunkcabbage
Species	Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John – American skunkcabbage

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503629.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs 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 Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 08:41 PM CDT