PLANTS Profile for Menziesia pilosa (minniebush)

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Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.
minniebush

Symbol:

MEPI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

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Distribution:
Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.


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USA (GA, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 2 species in Menziesia

Classification:
Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Menziesia Sm. – menziesia
Species	Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers. – minniebush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

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.

Pennsylvania:
minniebush		Rare
Tennessee:
minniebush		Special Concern

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC-

FAC-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Menziesia pilosa (Michx. ex Lam.) Juss. ex Pers.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23685.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 03:07 PM CDT