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Lobelia cardinalis
CARDINAL FLOWER
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Lobelia cardinalis L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		CARDINAL FLOWER
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Campanulaceae, Genus Lobelia, Species Lobelia cardinalis


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNR; MD: SNR; VA: S5; WV: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Chiricahua National Monument	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Coronado National Memorial
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
DeSoto National Memorial	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	First State National Historical Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Parashant National Monument
Petersburg National Battlefield	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saratoga National Historical Park	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Tuzigoot National Monument	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	7/11/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/1/2025 4:33:00 PM

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