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Hypericum crux-andreae

(L.) Crantz

St. Peter's-wort

G5Secure Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141907

Element CodePDCLU031J0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderMalpighiales

FamilyHypericaceae

GenusHypericum

Synonyms

Hypericum stans(Michx. ex Willd.) P. Adams &Robson

Other Common Names

St. Peterswort (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.

Conservation Status

Review Date1985-04-05

Change Date1985-04-05

Threat Impact Comments

Highly threatened by land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, and forest management practices (expect detrimental impacts when intense site prep is used); human disturbance is also a low-level threat (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Texas	SNR	Yes
Delaware	S3	Yes
Mississippi	SNR	Yes
Louisiana	SNR	Yes
Florida	S4	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SX	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	S4	Yes
Kentucky	S2	Yes
Oklahoma	SH	Yes
Virginia	S5	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
District of Columbia	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S5	Yes
Arkansas	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Florida (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gum Bay	Apalachicola National Forest	11,645
Savannah	Apalachicola National Forest	1,927

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Catfish Lake North	Croatan National Forest	11,299

Texas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Lake Creek	National Forests in Texas	596

References (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.
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.