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Heracleum mantegazzianum

Sommier & Levier

Giant Hogweed

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.153454

Element CodePDAPI15020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderApiales

FamilyApiaceae

GenusHeracleum

Other Common Names

Berce du Caucase (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)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Kupreanof	Tongass National Forest	114,660

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.