Senna marilandica (Linnaeus) Link. Maryland Wild Senna. Phen: Jul-Aug; Aug-Nov. Hab: Dry to moist forests, especially on greenstone and diabase barrens and rocky woodlands, thickets, woodland borders, sometimes somewhat weedy. Dist: S. MA and s. NY west to e. NE, south to Panhandle FL and c. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Ditremexa medsgeri (Shafer) Britton & Rose – S; < Cassia marilandica L. – F, G, GrPl, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, WV, Isely (1975), Robertson & Lee (1976); < Cassia marylandica L. – S13, orthographic variant; < Senna marilandica (L.) Link – Ar, C, FNA11.1, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mo2, NcTx, Pa, SE3, Tn, Va, WH3, Irwin & Barneby (1982), Isely (1998)

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily: 7