PLANTS Profile for Plantago maritima (goose tongue)

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PLANTS Profile

Plantago maritima L.
goose tongue

Symbol:

PLMA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Plantago maritima L.

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Distribution:
Plantago maritima L.


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Plantago maritima L.

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 34 species in Plantago or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Plantago maritima L. ssp. serpentina (All.) Arcang.. .

Plantago maritima ssp. serpentina

Distribution of Plantago maritima L. var. californica (Fernald) Pilg.. .

Plantago maritima var. californica
California goose tongue

Distribution of Plantago maritima L. var. juncoides (Lam.) A. Gray. .

Plantago maritima var. juncoides
goose tongue

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Plantago maritima L.

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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 maritima L. – goose tongue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Plantago maritima L.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

New York:
Plantago maritima ssp. juncoides [=PLMAJ]
seaside plantain		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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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.

Plantago maritima L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

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Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW+

FACW

UPL

FACW+

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Plantago maritima L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32871.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/17/2013 11:59 PM CDT