PLANTS Profile for Viola palustris (marsh violet)

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PLANTS Profile

Viola palustris L.
marsh violet

Symbol:

VIPA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Sheri Hagwood. Bureau of Land Management. United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. June 6, 2005. Usage Requirements.

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Viola palustris L.

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Distribution:
Viola palustris L.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MT, NH, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Viola palustris L.

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Viola palustris L. var. brevipes (M.S. Baker) R.J. Davis. .

Viola palustris var. brevipes
marsh violet

Distribution of Viola palustris L. var. palustris. .

Viola palustris var. palustris
marsh violet

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Viola palustris L.

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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	Violales
Family	Violaceae – Violet family
Genus	Viola L. – violet
Species	Viola palustris L. – marsh violet

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Viola palustris L.

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.

Maine:
alpine marsh violet		Endangered
New Hampshire:
alpine marsh violet		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Viola palustris L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

Reg. 4

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Viola palustris L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22126.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:15 PM CDT