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Rorippa palustris (Linnaeus) Besser ssp. hispida (Desvaux) Jonsell. Common name: Marshcress. Habitat: Moist soils. Distribution: NL (Labrador) to AK, south to c. VA (Amelia County), IL, NE, NM, and n. CA. Al-Shehbaz (1988a) considered reports of this taxon in the (deeper) Southeast to be misidentifications of var. fernaldiana.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = FNA7, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NY; = Radicula hispida (Desv.) Heller – S; = Roripa hispida (Desv.) Britton – S13; = Rorippa islandica (Oeder ex Murray) Borbás var. hispida (Desv.) Butters & Abbe – F, G, Tat; = Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell var. hispida – GrPl, Stuckey (1972); = Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser var. hispida (Desv.) Rydb. – C, Il, NE, Rollins (1993); < Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser – Pa

Links to other floras: = Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily : 5

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