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Triticum aestivum

Cultivated Wheat

GNRUnranked Found in 25 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144363

Element CodePMPOA6A010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusTriticum

Other Common Names

Blé commun (FR) Common Wheat (EN) common wheat (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.

Taxonomic Comments

Generally treated botanically as a species of cultivated or obscure origin "although it is not found in nature and its genome has been shown to be composed of those of" Triticum dicoccoides, T. speltoides, and T. tauschii" (cf. Intl. Code Botanical Nomen., St. Louis ed. (2000), Art. H3.3, Note 1, ex. 3 (regarding species of known hybrid origin not treated as hybrids). The name Triticum aestivum is nomenclaturally conserved over the sumiltaneously published Linnaean name T. hibernum (ICBN, St. Louis, 2000, p. 392.) LEM 17Oct01.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

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

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (25)

Alaska (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bering Lake	Chugach National Forest	965,076
Kenai Lake	Chugach National Forest	213,172
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Sheridan Glacier	Chugach National Forest	224,683

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cdo Wsa	Coronado National Forest	1,955

California (7)

Area	Forest	Acres
City Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	9,997
Deep Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	23,869
Dome	Stanislaus National Forest	11,085
Eagle	Stanislaus National Forest	16,116
Mokelumne - Spratt	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	613
Stanley Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	14,674
White Ledge	Los Padres National Forest	18,632

Colorado (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Long Park	Routt NF	42,100

Georgia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Indian Grave Gap	Chattahoochee National Forest	1,020
Rocky Mountain	Chattahoochee National Forest	4,269

Idaho (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Borah Peak	Salmon-Challis National Forest	130,463

Montana (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Anaconda Hill	Helena National Forest	18,546
Bridger	Gallatin National Forest	45,059
Cabinet Face East #671	Kootenai National Forest	50,326
Freezeout Mountain	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	97,305
Specimen Creek	Helena National Forest	12,368

New Mexico (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Rendija	Santa Fe National Forest	2,176
Sawyers Peak	Gila National Forest	59,743

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sampson Mountain Addition	Cherokee National Forest	3,064

References (1)

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.