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Valeriana dioica

Wood Valerian

G5Secure Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.157994

Element CodePDVAL03060

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderDipsacales

FamilyCaprifoliaceae

GenusValeriana

Other Common Names

Marsh Valerian (EN) marsh valerian (EN) Valériane dioïque (FR)

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.

Taxonomic Comments

This record is for the broad treatment of Valeriana dioica that includes V. dioica var. sylvatica as recognized in Kartesz (1994, 1999). Other references recognize var. sylvatica as a distinct species, V. septentrionalis, and following that treatment, V. dioica in the more narrow sense does not occur in North America.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-13

Change Date1988-11-18

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
Labrador	S2	Yes
Northwest Territories	S3	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S3	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Nunavut	S2	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Nevada	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Montana	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (9)

Montana (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - Swan	Lolo National Forest	118,485
Cayuse Mountain	Helena National Forest	20,146
Electric Peak	Helena National Forest	27,872
Grassy Mountain	Helena National Forest	6,740
Hellgate Gulch	Helena National Forest	16,821
Italian Peak	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	90,401

Wyoming (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Bighorn	Bighorn National Forest	133,949
Sibley Lake	Bighorn National Forest	10,367
Walker Prairie	Bighorn National Forest	62,434

References (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.
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.