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Solidago patula

Muhl. ex Willd.

Roundleaf Goldenrod

G5Secure Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

UnknownThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159227

Element CodePDAST8P190

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusSolidago

Other Common Names

Roughleaf Goldenrod (EN) roundleaf goldenrod (EN) Verge d'or étalée (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 Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2

Review Date2025-01-22

Change Date1986-04-08

Edition Date2025-01-22

Edition AuthorsSoteropoulos (2025)

Threat ImpactUnknown

Range Extent200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences> 300

Rank Reasons

Solidago patula is a wide-ranging perennial herb in a variety of open wetlands occurring in eastern North America from Ontario, Canada south to the United States from New Hampshire west to Wisconsin, Iowa, and Oklahoma south to Florida and Texas. There are over 700 occurrences that are potentially threatened by development, conversion to agriculture or silviculture, invasive species, hydrological alteration, and succession. Little is known about trends, but with a large range extent and large number of occurrences, abundant habitat, broad habitat preferences, and no obvious intrinsic vulnerabilities, this species is considered secure.

Range Extent Comments

Solidago patula occurs in eastern North America from Ontario, Canada south to the United States from New Hampshire west to Wisconsin, Iowa, and Oklahoma south to Florida and Texas (FNA 2006). Range extent was estimated to be over 2.4 million square kilometers using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1994 and 2025 (GBIF 2025, iNaturalist 2025, NatureServe 2025, SEINet 2025).

Occurrences Comments

By applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1994 and 2025, it is estimated that there are over 700 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2025, iNaturalist 2025, NatureServe 2025, SEINet 2025).

Threat Impact Comments

Although threats are not widely documented, this taxon is potentially threatened by development, conversion to agriculture or silviculture, invasive species, hydrological alteration, succession, and other threats in some places. However, their overall impact is likely negligible given the taxon's broad range, large number of occurrences, and no obvious intrinsic vulnerabilities.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Solidago patula grows in moist soils, low wet ground, swamp margins, boggy ground, bogs, wet meadows, roadside ditches, streamhead pocosins, seeps, seepages over mafic rocks, sandhill seepages, edges of wet woods, grassy balds (FNA 2006, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2024).

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest EdgeGrassland/herbaceous

Palustrine Habitats

HERBACEOUS WETLANDFORESTED WETLANDBog/fen

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S3	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Arkansas	SNR	Yes
Louisiana	SNR	Yes
Oklahoma	SH	Yes
Florida	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S2	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
Mississippi	SNR	Yes
Virginia	SNR	Yes
Iowa	S1	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	S1	Yes
Georgia	S5	Yes
Kentucky	S3	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Delaware	S4	Yes
New York	S5	Yes
Maryland	S3	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S5	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Missouri	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S3	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	S4	Yes

Threat Assessments

Threat	Scope	Severity	Timing
Unknown/undetermined	—	—	—

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

North Carolina (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Graveyard Ridge (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	1,958
Middle Prong Addition	Pisgah National Forest	1,852
Sam Knob (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	2,576

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Fork Pound	Jefferson National Forest	4,757

References (7)

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.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2025. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Online. Available: https://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 2025).
iNaturalist. 2025. Online. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2025).
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.
NatureServe. 2025. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2025. Collections Databases. Online. Available: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/index.php (accessed 2025).
Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2024. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of March 4, 2024. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2203 pp.

Solidago patula

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