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Salicornia depressa

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Virginia Glasswort

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.834718

Element CodePDCHE0J080

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyAmaranthaceae

GenusSalicornia

Other Common Names

Salicorne de Virginie (FR) Virginia glasswort (EN)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Salicornia depressa following Flora North America vol. 4 represents a very different circumscription than represented by Kartesz (1999)'s treatment of Salicornia. Salicornia virginicus is nomenclaturally rejected, and the taxon represented by 'virginicus' is called S. depressa by Flora North America. Further, material that Kartesz (1999) calls S. maritima and S. rubra appear to be lumped into the Flora North America vol. 4 concept of S. depressa (based on distributional comparisons as opposed to synonymy). It should be noted that Flora North America recognizes S. rubra and S. maritima as distinct but with different circumscriptions and distributions than Kartesz (1999).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2019-10-17

Change Date2019-10-17

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Maine	S4	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
New York	S5	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Delaware	SNR	Yes
Virginia	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SU	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Alaska (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Security	Tongass National Forest	31,428

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
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.