PLANTS Profile for Saxifraga cernua (nodding saxifrage)

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Saxifraga cernua L.
nodding saxifrage

Symbol:

SACE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Saxifragaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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

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Saxifraga cernua L.

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Synonyms:
Saxifraga cernua L.

SACEE4

Saxifraga cernua L. var. exilioides Polunin

Distribution:
Saxifraga cernua L.


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USA (AK, CO, ID, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Saxifraga cernua L.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 72 species in Saxifraga

Classification:
Saxifraga cernua L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Saxifragaceae – Saxifrage family
Genus	Saxifraga L. – saxifrage
Species	Saxifraga cernua L. – nodding saxifrage

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Saxifraga cernua 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.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Saxifraga cernua L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

FACW

UPL

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Saxifraga cernua L.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24223.

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 07:58 PM CDT