PLANTS Profile for Heuchera americana (American alumroot)

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PLANTS Profile

Heuchera americana L.
American alumroot

Symbol:

HEAM6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Saxifragaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Heuchera americana L.

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Distribution:
Heuchera americana L.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Heuchera americana L.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 37 species in Heuchera or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Heuchera americana L. var. americana. . Image Available.

Heuchera americana var. americana
American alumroot

Distribution of Heuchera americana L. var. hirsuticaulis (Wheelock) Rosend., Butters & Lakela. . Image Available.

Heuchera americana var. hirsuticaulis
American alumroot

Distribution of Heuchera americana L. var. hispida (Pursh) E.F. Wells. . Image Available.

Heuchera americana var. hispida
American alumroot

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Heuchera americana 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	Heuchera L. – alumroot
Species	Heuchera americana L. – American alumroot

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Heuchera americana L.

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-,FACU

FACU-

FACU

FACU-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Heuchera americana L.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24340.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 01:26 AM CDT