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Mentha spicata
bush mint, spearmint
Big Bend National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Mentha spicata L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Lamiales, Family Lamiaceae, Genus Mentha, Species Mentha spicata


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		TX: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Antietam National Battlefield
Bandelier National Monument	Blue Ridge Parkway
Capitol Reef National Park	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
First State National Historical Park	Fort Washington Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Nez Perce National Historical Park
North Cascades National Park	Olympic National Park
Parashant National Monument	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Piscataway Park
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Rock Creek Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Shenandoah National Park	Tuzigoot National Monument
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vicksburg National Military Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	5/20/2013

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 4:25:04 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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