PLANTS Profile for Pluchea odorata (sweetscent)

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PLANTS Profile

Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.
sweetscent

Symbol:

PLOD

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX. Usage Requirements.

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Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

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Distribution:
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 11 species in Pluchea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. var. odorata. . Image Available.

Pluchea odorata var. odorata
sweetscent

Distribution of Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. var. succulenta (Fernald) Cronquist. . Image Available.

Pluchea odorata var. succulenta
sweetscent

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Pluchea Cass. – camphorweed
Species	Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. – sweetscent

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

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:
shrubby camphor-weed		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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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.

Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

FACW

OBL

FAC*

Pluchea purpurascens [=PLODO]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565416.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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