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Osmorhiza claytonii
sweet cicely
Blue Ridge Parkway
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Osmorhiza claytonii (Michx.) C.B. Clarke
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		sweet cicely
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Apiales, Family Apiaceae, Genus Osmorhiza, Species Osmorhiza claytonii


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:		O
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S5; VA: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 6 Vouchers, 9 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Catoctin Mountain Park	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	First State National Historical Park
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Grand Portage National Monument	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Rock Creek Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Shenandoah National Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Voyageurs National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/16/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/1/2025 7:26:12 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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