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Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker. Northeastern Sea-rocket. Phen: May-Jun (-Oct). Hab: Beaches and lower dunes, at or near the wrack line. Dist: NL (Labrador) south to NC; also around introduced around the shores of the Great lakes and on various other shores around the world, including w. North America and Australia.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See C. harperi for discussion of the relation between these taxa.

Synonymy: = Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Va; = Cakile americana Nutt. – S13; = Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. ssp. edentula – GW2; = Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. ssp. edentula var. edentula – FNA7, K1, K3, K4, NE, Al-Shehbaz (1985b), Rodman (1974), Rollins (1993); = Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. var. edentula – C, F, G, Mi, NY

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily: 9

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