PLANTS Profile for Vernonia fasciculata (prairie ironweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
prairie ironweed

Symbol:

VEFA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

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

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Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

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Distribution:
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.


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USA (AR, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NY, OH, OK, SD, TX, WI), CAN (MB)

Related Taxa:
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 30 species in Vernonia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Vernonia fasciculata Michx. ssp. corymbosa (Schwein. ex Keating) S.B. Jones. .

Vernonia fasciculata ssp. corymbosa
prairie ironweed

Distribution of Vernonia fasciculata Michx. ssp. fasciculata. .

Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata
prairie ironweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

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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	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Vernonia Schreb. – ironweed
Species	Vernonia fasciculata Michx. – prairie ironweed

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC+

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38629.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:32 PM CDT