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Cannabis sativa

Marijuana

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131607

Element CodePDCNB04010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderUrticales

FamilyCannabaceae

GenusCannabis

Other Common Names

Chanvre cultivé (FR) Hemp (EN) marijuana (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 Date2002-09-08

Change Date2002-09-08

Edition Date1991-05-08

Edition AuthorsBroaddus, Lynn (1991)

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Native of central Asia, naturalized through much of North America as well as other regions of the world. Important economic crop, grown for source of drugs or fibers.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Idaho	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mountain Lake Addition A	Jefferson National Forest	1,469

References (1)

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.