PLANTS Profile for Stellaria borealis (boreal starwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Stellaria borealis Bigelow
boreal starwort

Symbol:

STBO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

More Information:

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Stellaria borealis Bigelow

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Distribution:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, ID, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. borealis. . Image Available.

Stellaria borealis ssp. borealis
boreal starwort

Distribution of Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper. .

Stellaria borealis ssp. sitchana
Sitka starwort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Stellaria L. – starwort
Species	Stellaria borealis Bigelow – boreal starwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow

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.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Stellaria borealis Bigelow

Stellaria sitchana [=STBOS]:

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

FAC,OBL

FACW-

OBL*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505357.

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).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 10:37 PM CDT