Species: Megalodonta beckii
Beck's Water-marigold
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Megalodonta
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Beck's watermarigold
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Aster Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Asterales - Asteraceae - Megalodonta
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A submerged aquatic forb with long dissected leaves and solitary, emergent, composite flowers.
Reproduction Comments
Disk flowers perfect, ray flowers neutral. (Rays rarely pistillate).
Ecology Comments
Seeds eaten by wood ducks.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-06-08
Global Status Last Changed
1984-06-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Canada- BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QU, SK. United States- CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI.