PLANTS Profile for Litsea aestivalis (pondspice)

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Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald
pondspice

Symbol:

LIAE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

Glabraria geniculata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 135. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonyms:
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

GLGE

Glabraria geniculata (Marshall) Britton

Distribution:
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, GA, LA, MD, NC, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 2 species in Litsea

Classification:
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Litsea Lam. – litsea
Species	Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald – pondspice

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
pond-spice		Endangered
Georgia:
pondspice		Threatened
Maryland:
pondspice		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18206.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 03:59 PM CDT