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Solidago latissimifolia

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Elliott's Goldenrod

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.151147
Element CodePDAST8P2P0
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
Synonyms
Solidago elliottiiTorr. & Gray
Other Common Names
Coastal Swamp Goldenrod (EN) Elliott's goldenrod (EN) Verge d'or d'Elliott (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 Date2025-01-24
Change Date2025-01-24
Edition Date2025-01-24
Edition AuthorsSoteropoulos (2025)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Rank Reasons
Solidago latissimifolia is a wide-ranging perennial herb in a variety of wetland habitats occurring in the Coastal Plain of eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada south to Florida, United States. There are approximately 100 occurrences that are threatened by development, rights-of-way maintenance activities, logging, fire suppression and succession, hydrological alteration, recreational activities (especially off-road vehicles) invasive species. Little is known about trends, but with a large range extent and large number of occurrences, and no obvious intrinsic vulnerabilities, this species is considered apparently secure.
Range Extent Comments
Solidago latissimifolia occurs in the Coastal Plain of eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada south to central peninsular Florida and the Florida panhandle in the United States (FNA 2006, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2024). According to Semple (2023) and Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team (2024), it does not occur in Alabama or Mississippi. Range extent was estimated to be over 650,000 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 96 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2025, iNaturalist 2025, NatureServe 2025, SEINet 2025).
Threat Impact Comments
Although threats are not widely documented, this species is threatened by development, rights-of-way maintenance activities, logging, fire suppression and succession, hydrological alteration, recreational activities (especially off-road vehicles), invasive species, and other threats in some places (NatureServe 2025), though there is insufficient data, including anecdotal accounts, to understand scope and severity of threats for this species.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Solidago latissimifolia grows in fresh and brackish swamps, swamp forests, pocosins, sandhill seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, thickets (FNA 2006, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2024).
Palustrine Habitats
HERBACEOUS WETLANDSCRUB-SHRUB WETLANDFORESTED WETLAND
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
DelawareS1Yes
South CarolinaS2Yes
New YorkS1Yes
VirginiaS2Yes
MarylandS3Yes
North CarolinaS2Yes
Rhode IslandS1Yes
District of ColumbiaSXYes
New JerseyS3Yes
AlabamaSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
ConnecticutS1Yes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
1 - Residential & commercial developmentUnknownUnknownUnknown
4 - Transportation & service corridorsUnknownUnknownUnknown
5 - Biological resource useUnknownUnknownUnknown
5.3 - Logging & wood harvestingUnknownUnknownUnknown
6 - Human intrusions & disturbanceUnknownUnknownUnknown
6.1 - Recreational activitiesUnknownUnknownUnknown
7 - Natural system modificationsUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.1 - Fire & fire suppressionUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.1.2 - Suppression in fire frequency/intensityUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.2 - Dams & water management/useUnknownUnknownUnknown
8 - Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseasesUnknownUnknownUnknown
8.1 - Invasive non-native/alien species/diseasesUnknownUnknownUnknown
8.1.1 - Unspecified speciesUnknownUnknownUnknown

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Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
North Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Catfish Lake NorthCroatan National Forest11,299
References (9)
  1. 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.
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2025. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Online. Available: https://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 2025).
  3. iNaturalist. 2025. Online. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2025).
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. NatureServe. 2025. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
  7. Semple, J.C. 2023. Classification and illustrations of goldenrods. Asteraceae Lab home, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. Online. Available: https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/pityopsis-oligantha (accessed 2025).
  8. Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2025. Collections Databases. Online. Available: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/index.php (accessed 2025).
  9. 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.