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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154454
Element CodePDCIS03030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderViolales
FamilyCistaceae
GenusHudsonia
Other Common NamesHudsonie tomenteuse (FR) woolly beach-heather (EN) Woolly Beach-heather (EN)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, 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 CommentsDistinct species (Morse, 1979 Ph.D.) and most other authors, although had been treated as two subspecies of a broader H. ericoides by Nickerson & Skog. Hybrids between H. ericoides and H. tomentosa are subfertile. The subspecies intermedia is sometimes recognized, but could not be consistently distinguished by Morse (1979), who instead included it in his concept of H. tomentosa without recognition of infraspecific taxa.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-07-27
Change Date1985-04-16
Edition Date1988-01-20
Edition AuthorsMorse, L.E.
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 to >300
Rank ReasonsLocally abundant in many areas of relatively large range. However, has narrow habitat requirements, very sensitive to human impacts.
Range Extent CommentsUSA: North Carolina to Maine, west to Iowa, Minnesota, for- merly North Dakota. Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador to Saskatchewan, north Alberta, and south Northwestern. Territories.
Occurrences CommentsIn most large sandy coastal areas from NC to Labrador and occasional in NJ Pine Barrens, Great Lakes, S. Canada.
Threat Impact CommentsVery sensitive to trampling when growing on open sand.