PLANTS Profile for Myosoton aquaticum (giantchickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench
giantchickweed

Symbol:

MYAQ

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

Alsine aquatica

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. 2: 42. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonyms:
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

	ALAQ	Alsine aquatica (L.) Britton
	CEAQ	Cerastium aquaticum L.
	MAAQ3	Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fr.
	STAQ4	Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.

Distribution:
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (BC, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 1 species in Myosoton

Classification:
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Myosoton Moench – myosoton
Species	Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench – giantchickweed

Introduced Information:
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

Nat. Ind.

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FAC+,FACW+

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

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 20314.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 01:25 PM CDT