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Spiraea betulifolia

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White Meadowsweet

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.155140

Element CodePDROS1Q020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRosales

FamilyRosaceae

GenusSpiraea

Other Common Names

Birch-leaf Meadowsweet (EN) Shinyleaf Meadowsweet (EN) white spirea (EN) Wild White Meadowsweet (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

This record is for the broad treatment of Spiraea betulifolia, including ssp. corymbosa and ssp. lucida, as recognized in Kartesz (1994, 1999). Lis in FNA (vol. 9, 2014) elevates Spiraea betulifolia ssp. corymbosa (= S. corymbosa) and S. betulifolia ssp. lucida (= S. lucida) to full species with S. betulifolia in this narrow sense not occurring in the range of the flora.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-02

Change Date2002-08-02

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Virginia	S5	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Maryland	S3	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	S3	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S1	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Montana	S5	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Saskatchewan	SNR	Yes
Alberta	SNR	Yes
Ontario	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Sheep	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	5,238

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
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.