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Eupatorium godfreyanum

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Godfrey's Boneset

G4Apparently Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144923

Element CodePDAST3P250

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusEupatorium

Other Common Names

Godfrey's thoroughwort (EN) Godfrey's Thoroughwort (EN)

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

Described in 1985 (Brittonia 37: 238-240), type locality in Virginia (fide IPNI, 2001). Resembles E. sessilifolium, but more pubescent; the name E. vaseyi has been misapplied to these plants (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).

Conservation Status

Review Date2003-01-26

Change Date1993-03-03

Edition Date2001-07-09

Edition AuthorsMorse, Larry E. (2001)

Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Widespread but uncommon species of eastern USA.

Threat Impact Comments

Moderately threatened by succession, and to a lesser extent by land-use conversion and habitat fragmentation, at least in Southern Appalachians (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Georgia	S1	Yes
Tennessee	S1	Yes
North Carolina	S3	Yes
West Virginia	S2	Yes
Ohio	S2	Yes
Pennsylvania	S1	Yes
Virginia	S4	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
New Jersey	SNA	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bald River Gorge Addition	Cherokee National Forest	1,728

Virginia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gum Run	George Washington National Forest	12,620
Price Mountain	Jefferson National Forest	9,119

References (5)

Gleason, H.A., and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. 910 pp.
Kartesz, John T., Director, Biota of North America Program, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; formerly at Univ. Nevada, Reno, and at North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill.
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.
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.
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.