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Erigeron acris

Bitter Fleabane

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.961378

Element CodePDASTE10E0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusErigeron

Synonyms

Trimorpha acris(L.) S.F. Gray

Other Common Names

Vergerette acre (FR)

Concept Reference

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.

Taxonomic Comments

This record is for the narrow treatment of Erigeron acris, excluding E. acris ssp. debilis as the distinct species E. nivalis, as recognized in FNA (vol. 20, 2006).

Conservation Status

Review Date2016-03-28

Change Date2016-03-28

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Maine	SH	Yes
Minnesota	S3	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes
South Dakota	SH	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Michigan	S1	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
Nunavut	S2	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Sheep	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	5,238

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. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.