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Cassiope D. Don
mountain heather
       
Symbol:   CASSI3  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Ericaceae  
Duration:    
Growth Habit:    
Native Status:  
None



 
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Cassiope D. Don

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Distribution:
Cassiope D. Don

 
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Cassiope D. Don

View 35 genera in Ericaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) D. Don. .
Cassiope lycopodioides
clubmoss mountain heather
Distribution of Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don. . Image Available.
Cassiope mertensiana
western moss heather
Distribution of Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don. . Image Available.
Cassiope tetragona
white arctic mountain heather
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
Related taxa legend
 

Classification:
Cassiope D. Don

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Ericales
Family Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus Cassiope D. Don – mountain heather
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cassiope D. Don

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23534.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
 
 
Time Generated: 02/16/2009 03:53 PM MST  
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