Cardamine species 1. Common name: Ouachita Toothwort. Habitat: Mesic forests, especially stream terraces and slopes over novaculite but also shale in the Athens Plateau. Distribution: Endemic to Ouachita Mountains.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Not most closely related to C. angustata and needing elevation to species status (Witsell, pers. comm., 2017).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz var. ouachitana E.B.Sm.; < Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz — Ar, FNA7, K4.
Links to other floras: < Cardamine angustata - FNA7
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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