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Suaeda calceoliformis

(Hook.) Moq.

American Sea-blite

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140589

Element CodePDCHE0P0H0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyAmaranthaceae

GenusSuaeda

Synonyms

Suaeda americana(Pers.) Fern.Suaeda depressaauct. non (Pursh) S. Wats.

Other Common Names

Pursh Seepweed (EN) Pursh seepweed (EN) Suéda couché (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.

Taxonomic Comments

Sometimes treated as two separate species, the widespread western S. calceoliformis, occasionally reported as an escape in the East, and the species S. americana of New England and Atlantic Canada. Kartesz (1994 checklist) combines these under the name S. calceoliformis. The name Suaeda occidentalis has also been used for the western plant.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-13

Change Date1991-10-28

Edition Date1991-06-17

Edition AuthorsBroaddus, Lynn (1991), rev. L. Morse (1996)

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 to >300

Rank Reasons

Widespread and common.

Range Extent Comments

Through most of the Great Plains, west to California, Brit. Col., and south to Texas. Occ. introduced in east, where there are also native stands (as "Suaeda americana") in Maine and eastern Canada.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Saline or alkaline soils (Flora of the Great Plains, 1986); also Atlantic seacoast of eastern North America.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
New York	S4	Yes
New Jersey	S3	Yes
Maine	S2	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	S3	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	S2	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	SNA	No
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Nevada	S3	Yes
Illinois	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
Missouri	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNA	No
Utah	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Connecticut	SU	Yes
Alaska	S1	Yes
Oklahoma	SNR	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Kansas	S2	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Nebraska	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S3	Yes
Northwest Territories	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S3	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes
Nunavut	S3	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S1	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (10)

Alaska (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chilkat-West Lynn Canal	Tongass National Forest	199,772
Eudora	Tongass National Forest	195,022
Freshwater Bay	Tongass National Forest	44,933
Game Creek	Tongass National Forest	54,469
Gravina	Tongass National Forest	37,381
Sitka Sound	Tongass National Forest	13,459

California (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Granite Peak	San Bernardino National Forest	450
Log Cabin Saddlebag	Inyo National Forest	15,165

North Dakota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wannagan	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	6,026

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sheep Mountain	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest	17,626

References (1)

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.