PLANTS Profile for Myrica gale (sweetgale)

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PLANTS Profile

Myrica gale L.
sweetgale

Symbol:

MYGA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Myricaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

Gale palustris

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Images:
Myrica gale L.

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Synonyms:
Myrica gale L.

	GAPA8	Gale palustris A. Chev.
	MYGAS2	Myrica gale L. var. subarctica Rouss.
	MYGAS	Myrica gale L. var. subglabra (A. Chev) Fernald
	MYGAT	Myrica gale L. var. tomentosa C. DC.

Distribution:
Myrica gale L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CT, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, TN, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Myrica gale L.

View 3 genera in Myricaceae, 2 species in Myrica

Classification:
Myrica gale L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Myricales
Family	Myricaceae – Bayberry family
Genus	Myrica L. – sweetgale
Species	Myrica gale L. – sweetgale

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Myrica gale L.

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.

North Carolina:
sweet gale		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
sweet bayberry		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Myrica gale L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Myrica gale L.

	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
Quinlan							Low	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(AK-Native Alaskan And Exotic Plants Used By Wildlife, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

More Accounts and Images:
Myrica gale L.

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 19265.

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.

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

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 02:02 AM CST