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Lysimachia punctata

Spotted Loosestrife

GNRUnranked Found in 21 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142102

Element CodePDPRI070L0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPrimulales

FamilyPrimulaceae

GenusLysimachia

Other Common Names

Large Yellow Loosestrife (EN) large yellow loosestrife (EN) Lysimaque ponctuée (FR) Spotted Yellow Loosestrife (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

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Maryland	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (21)

Alaska (17)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chilkat-West Lynn Canal	Tongass National Forest	199,772
College Fiord	Chugach National Forest	1,130,818
Douglas Island	Tongass National Forest	28,065
Freshwater Bay	Tongass National Forest	44,933
Game Creek	Tongass National Forest	54,469
Gravina	Tongass National Forest	37,381
Juneau Urban	Tongass National Forest	101,581
Juneau-Skagway Icefield	Tongass National Forest	1,187,268
Karta	Tongass National Forest	52,117
Lindenberg	Tongass National Forest	25,855
Madan	Tongass National Forest	68,553
Mansfield Peninsula	Tongass National Forest	54,991
Revilla	Tongass National Forest	29,298
Rhine	Tongass National Forest	23,010
Taku-Snettisham	Tongass National Forest	664,928
Tenakee Ridge	Tongass National Forest	20,527
Twelvemile	Tongass National Forest	37,940

New Hampshire (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Great Gulf Ext.	White Mountain National Forest	15,110
Presidential - Dry River Ext	White Mountain National Forest	10,555
Wild River	White Mountain National Forest	46,878

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pompey	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	23,985

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 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.