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Solidago canadensis Linnaeus var. hargeri Fernald. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Unilaterales. Subsection: Triplinervae. Series: Canadenses. Common name: Harger’s Common Goldenrod. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Old fields, pastures, roadsides. Distribution: VT and NH west to MN, south to VA, NC, TN, OH, IL, and IA. First reported for NC by Poindexter & Murrell (2008) and for TN by Morton (2017). Likely much more common than assumed, but misrepresented due to taxonomic confusion with S. altissima.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A diploid taxon, 2n=18.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA20, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, SE1, Va, Johnson (1995), Semple & Chmielewski (2022), Semple (2023d); = n/a — RAB; < Solidago canadensis L. — Oh3, S, Tat, W, WV; < Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis — G. Basionym: Solidago canadensis L. var. hargeri Fernald 1915

Links to other floras: = Solidago canadensis var. hargeri - FNA20

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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