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Cakile maritima

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European Sea Rocket

GNRUnranked Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.962972

Element CodePDBRA0F060

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusCakile

Other Common Names

Caquillier maritime (FR)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 7, 2010) expands the concept of Cakile maritima, recognizing three subspecies, where all North American material belongs to C. maritima ssp. maritima (= Kartesz's 1994 C. maritima).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
New York	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (9)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
South Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	55,193

California (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Diable	Los Padres National Forest	19,597
Juncal	Los Padres National Forest	12,289
Malduce Buckhorn	Los Padres National Forest	14,177
White Ledge	Los Padres National Forest	18,632

Oregon (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tahkenitch	Siuslaw National Forest	5,799
Tenmile	Siuslaw National Forest	10,818
Umpqua Spit	Siuslaw National Forest	2,090
Woahink	Siuslaw National Forest	5,309

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 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.