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Geum virginianum

Pale Avens

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128523

Element CodePDROS0S0J0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRosales

FamilyRosaceae

GenusGeum

Other Common Names

Benoîte de Virginie (FR) cream avens (EN) Cream Avens (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-02-03

Change Date1984-05-16

Range Extent200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)

Range Extent Comments

Massachusetts and New York, west to Indiana, south to South Carolina and Tennessee.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNH

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SH	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
New York	S2	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Michigan	S1	Yes
Alabama	S2	Yes
Massachusetts	S2	Yes
Vermont	SNR	Yes
Missouri	S3	Yes
New Jersey	S3	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S4	Yes
Virginia	S5	Yes
West Virginia	S5	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
District of Columbia	S5	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S3	Yes
Arkansas	S1	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Delaware	S1	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Illinois (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Burden Falls	Shawnee National Forest	485

Missouri (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Creek Rare II Study Area	Mark Twain National Forest	9,277

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Rogers Ridge	Cherokee National Forest	4,738

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.