PLANTS Profile for Plantago macrocarpa (seashore plantain)

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Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.
seashore plantain

Symbol:

PLMA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection. United States, AK, S.E. region, Ketchikan area, estuary south of town. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

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Native Status:
Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AK, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 34 species in Plantago

Classification:
Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

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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	Plantago L. – plantain
Species	Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl. – seashore plantain

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

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.

Washington:
Alaska plantain		Sensitive

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504437.

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).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 06:59 AM CDT