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Solidago canadensis

L.

Canada Goldenrod

G5Secure Found in 16 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.789830
Element CodePDAST8P3Q0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusSolidago
Other Common Names
Verge d'or du Canada (FR)
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
This record represents a very narrow-sense concept of Solidago canadensis, including only material treated by Kartesz (1994, 1999) as S. canadensis var. canadensis and S. canadensis var. hargeri. This concept excludes material treated by Kartesz (1999) as Solidago altissima (= Solidago canadensis var. scabra) and material he treats as Solidago canadensis var. gilvocanescens, which FNA (vol. 20, 2006) moves into their broader concept of S. altissima. This concept also excludes material treated by Semple et al. (1999) and FNA (vol. 20, 2006) as S. lepida. Finally, this concept excludes material treated by Kartesz (1994, 1999) as S. canadensis var. bartramiana, which FNA (vol. 20, 2006) considers to be a hybrid between S. canadensis and S. uliginosa rather than a legitimate variety of S. canadensis, and Semple (2023) treats as the species S. bartramiana.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-05-16
Change Date2007-03-16
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Prince Edward IslandS5Yes
QuebecSNRYes
New BrunswickS5Yes
SaskatchewanSNRYes
OntarioS5Yes
British ColumbiaSNANo
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
ManitobaS5Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
IowaSNRYes
DelawareSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
MaineS5Yes
North CarolinaSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
WisconsinSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
KentuckySNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
NevadaSNANo
MichiganSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
New YorkS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (16)
Idaho (2)
AreaForestAcres
Bighorn - WeitasNez Perce-Clearwater National Forest254,845
North Lochsa SlopeNez Perce-Clearwater National Forest117,662
Montana (3)
AreaForestAcres
BridgerGallatin National Forest45,059
Patricks Knob - North CutoffLolo National Forest16,970
South Siegel - South CutoffLolo National Forest13,474
New Hampshire (1)
AreaForestAcres
PemigewassetWhite Mountain National Forest32,255
Oregon (3)
AreaForestAcres
Imnaha FaceWallowa-Whitman National Forest29,575
Little SheepWallowa-Whitman National Forest5,238
Snake RiverWallowa-Whitman National Forest31,229
Utah (2)
AreaForestAcres
Mt. Logan NorthWasatch-Cache National Forest18,930
Mt. Logan SouthWasatch-Cache National Forest17,014
Washington (4)
AreaForestAcres
Blue SlideWenatchee National Forest17,505
Grassy TopColville National Forest10,302
Grassy TopIdaho Panhandle National Forests13,485
Salmo - Priest BColville National Forest11,869
Wyoming (1)
AreaForestAcres
Pacific Creek - Blackrock CreekBridger-Teton National Forest24,658
References (6)
  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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa for which no reference which describes the circumscription has been recorded; to be used as a placeholder until such a citation is identified.
  5. Semple, J.C. 2023. On <i>Solidago bartramiana</i>, <i>S. brendae</i>, and <i>S. canadensis </i>(Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 29: 1-9. [https://www.phytoneuron.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/29PhytoN-Solidagobartramiana.pdf]
  6. Semple, J.C., G.S. Ringius, and J.J. Zhang. 1999. The goldenrods of Ontario: <i>Solidago </i>L. and <i>Euthamia </i>Nutt. Third edition. University of Waterloo Biology Series 39:1-90.