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Desmodium perplexum
perplexed ticktrefoil
Blue Ridge Parkway
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Desmodium perplexum B.G. Schub.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		perplexed ticktrefoil
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Fabales, Family Fabaceae, Genus Desmodium, Species Desmodium perplexum


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S5; VA: S5?
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Antietam National Battlefield	Buffalo National River
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	First State National Historical Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vicksburg National Military Park


Last Modified Date:	8/21/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 8/30/2026 3:22:40 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

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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