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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142749
Element CodePDAST8P230
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 Namesbog goldenrod (EN) Verge d'or des marais (FR)
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.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2025-01-24
Change Date2016-09-02
Edition Date2025-01-24
Edition AuthorsSoteropoulos (2025)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank ReasonsSolidago uliginosa is a wide-ranging perennial herb in a variety of wetland habitats occurring in northeastern North America from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada west to Manitoba south into the United States in New England, New York, New Jersey and the Great Lakes region with scattered occurrences further south in the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina. Records further south are likely other goldenrod species. There are over 850 occurrences that face threats from development, grazing, road maintenance, succession and fire suppression, hydrological alteration, and 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 secure.
Range Extent CommentsSolidago uliginosa occurs in northeastern North America from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada west to Manitoba south into the United States in New England, New York, New Jersey and the Great Lakes region with scattered occurrences further south in the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina (Semple 2023, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2024). FNA (2006) includes Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, but Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team (2024) note these "reports from farther south are dubious and need additional evaluation; most southern material formerly identified as S. uliginosa is actually S. simulans or S. gracillima." Range extent was estimated to be over 4.5 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 CommentsBy 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 850 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2025, iNaturalist 2025, NatureServe 2025, SEINet 2025).
Threat Impact CommentsThis species is threatened by drainage of bogs and wetlands on private land (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002). Though threats are not widely documented, this species faces additional threats from development, grazing, road maintenance, succession and fire suppression, hydrological alteration, invasive species (including common reed (Phragmites australis), Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata), and multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)), and other threats in some places (NatureServe 2025). There is insufficient data, including anecdotal accounts, to understand scope and severity of threats for this species.