Solidago canadensis Linnaeus var. hargeri Fernald. 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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