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Saxifragaceae
Mitella

not marked as a favorite taxon Mitella prostrata Michaux. Common name: Prostrate Miterwort. Habitat: Swamps. Distribution: Québec south through Vermont, New York, and Connecticut to n. New Jersey.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Taxonomically controversial and sometimes dismissed as a hybrid or aberrant form.

Synonymy ⓘ: = F, G, NE; = Mitella ×prostrata Michx. (pro sp.) — K4, NY; < Mitella nuda L. — C, Can, FNA8, NS, POWO. Basionym: Mitella prostrata Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: < Mitella nuda - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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