Species: Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata
Beach Wormwood
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Tailed Wormwood - Tall Wormwood - armoise caudée - field sagewort
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Aster Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Asterales - Asteraceae - Artemisia
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A tall herb with a simple stem, pinnatifid leaves, and narrow panicles of crowded composite flowers.
Reproduction Comments
n=9, 18.
Ecology Comments
Open areas of dry sandy soils where competition is light.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5T5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1997-09-24
Global Status Last Changed
1997-09-24
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
FL, IL, IN, ME, MN, MO, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TX, WA, WY. QUE, MAN, ONT, SASK.