PLANTS Profile for Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida (hispid yellowcress)

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PLANTS Profile

Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell
hispid yellowcress

Symbol:

ROPAH

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
PR		I
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

Radicula hispida

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

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Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

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Synonyms:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

	RAHI3	Radicula hispida (Desv.) Britton
	ROHI2	Rorippa hispida (Desv.) Britton
	ROISH2	Rorippa islandica (Oeder) Borbás var. hispida (Desv.) Butters & Abbe
	ROPAE2	Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser var. elongata R. Stuckey
	ROPAH2	Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser var. hispida (Desv.) Rydb.

Distribution:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell


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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 28 species in Rorippa, 4 subspecies in Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser

Classification:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Rorippa Scop. – yellowcress
Species	Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser – bog yellowcress
Subspecies	Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell – hispid yellowcress

U.S. Weed Information:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

Rorippa palustris
bog marshcress
bog yellowcress
common yellowcress
marsh yellowcress
marshcress
yellow watercress

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Introduced Information:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

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.

Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

Rorippa palustris:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

OBL

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23009.

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

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