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Senecio vulgaris

Old-Man-in-the-Spring

GNRUnranked Found in 51 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.161652

Element CodePDAST8H390

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusSenecio

Other Common Names

Common Groundsel (EN) Common Ragwort (EN) old-man-in-the-spring (EN) Séneçon vulgaire (FR)

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

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
District of Columbia	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (51)

Alaska (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gravina	Tongass National Forest	37,381
North Baranof	Tongass National Forest	314,089
North Kupreanof	Tongass National Forest	114,660
Redoubt	Tongass National Forest	68,347
Sitka Urban	Tongass National Forest	112,003

California (25)

Area	Forest	Acres
Arroyo Seco	Angeles National Forest	4,703
Black Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	16,818
Cajon	San Bernardino National Forest	7,548
Camuesa	Los Padres National Forest	8,209
City Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	9,997
Crystal Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	6,783
Cucamonga B	San Bernardino National Forest	11,933
Devil Gulch	Sierra National Forest	30,490
Eagle Peak	Cleveland National Forest	6,481
Ferguson Ridge	Sierra National Forest	6,104
Garcia Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	7,850
Hixon Flat	San Bernardino National Forest	8,095
Ishi	Lassen National Forest	21,805
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300
Mill Creek	Sequoia National Forest	27,643
Mill Peak	San Bernardino National Forest	7,884
No Name	Cleveland National Forest	4,897
Nordhoff	Los Padres National Forest	12,031
Pine Creek	Cleveland National Forest	503
Red Mountain	Angeles National Forest	8,034
Rouse Hill	San Bernardino National Forest	13,745
San Gabriel Add	Angeles National Forest	2,527
Trumbull Peak	Stanislaus National Forest	6,164
Westfork	Angeles National Forest	4,407
Wildhorse	Cleveland National Forest	1,483

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pioneer Mountains	Salmon-Challis National Forest	172,460
Pioneer Mountains	Sawtooth National Forest	119,563

New Mexico (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devils Creek	Gila National Forest	89,916
Lemitas	Santa Fe National Forest	8,129
Ortega Peak	Lincoln National Forest	11,545
Sierra Negra Rare II Study Area	Carson National Forest	9,470

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Balsam Cone	Pisgah National Forest	10,591

Oregon (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Eagle	Mt. Hood National Forest	16,841
Tahkenitch	Siuslaw National Forest	5,799
Tenmile	Siuslaw National Forest	10,818
Woahink	Siuslaw National Forest	5,309

Utah (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
418024	Uinta National Forest	51,699
418025	Uinta National Forest	32,698
Lone Peak Contiguous	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	874
South Francis	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	3,374

Virginia (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gum Run	George Washington National Forest	12,620
Skidmore	George Washington National Forest	5,641
Southern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	11,985

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dry River (WV)	George Washington National Forest	7,331

Wyoming (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pacific Creek - Blackrock Creek	Bridger-Teton National Forest	24,658
Wilderness Study Area	Targhee National Forest	51,961

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 20. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 666 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.