PLANTS Profile for Polemonium acutiflorum (tall Jacob's-ladder)

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Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
tall Jacob's-ladder

Symbol:

POAC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

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

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Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

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Synonyms:
Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

POCAV3

Polemonium caeruleum L. ssp. villosum (J.H. Rudolph ex Georgi) Brand

Distribution:
Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.


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USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 22 species in Polemonium

Classification:
Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

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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	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Polemonium L. – Jacob's-ladder
Species	Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. – tall Jacob's-ladder

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

	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			Low	Moderate

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:
Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30999.

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

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 03:18 AM CST