PLANTS Profile for Spiraea virginiana (Virginia meadowsweet)

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Spiraea virginiana Britton
Virginia meadowsweet

Symbol:

SPVI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Spiraea virginiana Britton

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

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Spiraea virginiana Britton

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Synonyms:
Spiraea virginiana Britton

SPVIS

Spiraea virginiana Britton var. serrulata Rehder

Distribution:
Spiraea virginiana Britton


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USA (AL, GA, KY, LA, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Spiraea virginiana Britton

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 31 species in Spiraea

Classification:
Spiraea virginiana Britton

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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	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Spiraea L. – spirea
Species	Spiraea virginiana Britton – Virginia meadowsweet

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Spiraea virginiana Britton

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.

United States:
Virginia spiraea		Threatened
Georgia:
Virginia spiraea		Threatened
Kentucky:
Virginia spiraea		Threatened
North Carolina:
Virginia spiraea		Endangered
Ohio:
Appalachian spiraea		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Virginia spiraea		Extirpated
Tennessee:
Virginia spiraea		Endangered
Virginia:
Virginia spiraea		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Spiraea virginiana Britton

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACU

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Spiraea virginiana Britton

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25345.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 03:48 PM CDT