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Lophiola aurea

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Goldencrest

G4Apparently Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145127

Element CodePMLIL2N010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderDioscoreales

FamilyNartheciaceae

GenusLophiola

Synonyms

Lophiola americana(Pursh) Wood

Other Common Names

goldencrest (EN) Golden-crest (EN) Lophiolie dorée (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

Following Kartesz (1994 checklist), here treated as one species, ranging from Louisiana to Nova Scotia. Sometimes treated as three species: L. aurea of the Southeast; L. americana of New Jersey and Delaware, and L. septentrionalis of Nova Scotia (see FNA, 5/98 review draft, for discussion). Family placement uncertain; sometimes placed in Liliaceae, sometimes in Haemodoraceae.

Conservation Status

Review Date2011-03-14

Change Date1994-04-20

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Wet, acid, often sandy soil of bogs, pocosins, low, wet areas in savannas and pine barrens, roadside ditches; 0-100 m (FNA 2002a).

Terrestrial Habitats

Woodland - ConiferSavanna

Palustrine Habitats

SCRUB-SHRUB WETLANDBog/fen

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Delaware	SX	Yes
New Jersey	S4	Yes
Louisiana	S2	Yes
Georgia	S1	Yes
Alabama	S3	Yes
North Carolina	S1	Yes
Florida	S3	Yes
Mississippi	S3	Yes

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Florida (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gum Bay	Apalachicola National Forest	11,645
Long Bay	Apalachicola National Forest	5,726
Savannah	Apalachicola National Forest	1,927

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 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.