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Packera plattensis

(Nutt.) W.A. Weber & A. Love

Prairie Ragwort

G5Secure Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147880
Element CodePDAST8H2F0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusPackera
Synonyms
Senecio plattensisNutt.
Other Common Names
prairie groundsel (EN) Prairie Groundsel (EN) Séneçon de la rivière Platte (FR)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2019-10-19
Change Date1986-04-02
Threat Impact Comments
Moderately threatened by land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, forest management practices, and succession (prescribed fire can be used to keep canopy open) (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
WisconsinS3Yes
WyomingS3Yes
MissouriSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
West VirginiaS2Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
LouisianaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
IowaS4Yes
TexasSNRYes
ColoradoS3Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
MontanaS3Yes
KansasS5Yes
VermontSNRYes
KentuckySNRYes
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioSNRYes
ManitobaS4Yes
SaskatchewanS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (4)
Arkansas (2)
AreaForestAcres
Dismal CreekOzark-St. Francis National Forest9,160
Little BlakelyOuachita National Forest3,342
North Dakota (2)
AreaForestAcres
MagpieDakota Prairie Grasslands21,281
Ponderosa PineDakota Prairie Grasslands7,471
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 20. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 666 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  4. Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.