Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
giant ironweed
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Vernonia altissima
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Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
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Synonyms:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
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VEAL7 |
Vernonia altissima Nutt. |
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VEALL |
Vernonia altissima Nutt. var. lilacina Clute |
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VEALT |
Vernonia altissima Nutt. var. taeniotricha S.F. Blake |
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Distribution:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (ON) |
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Related Taxa:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
View
480 genera in Asteraceae,
30 species in Vernonia,
2 subspecies
in Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel.
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Classification:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
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Classification Report.
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Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.
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U.S. Weed Information:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
Vernonia gigantea
giant ironweed
tall ironweed
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.
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Haragan, P.D.
1991.
Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide.
The University Press of Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky.
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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.
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
Vernonia gigantea:
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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
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More Accounts and Images:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38635.
View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).
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Related Web Sites:
Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ssp. gigantea
IL-Weeds of the North Central States
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