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Clethra alnifolia
summersweet clethra
Colonial National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Clethra alnifolia L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		summersweet clethra
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Ericales, Family Clethraceae, Genus Clethra, Species Clethra alnifolia


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


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Assateague Island National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Congaree National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Fire Island National Seashore
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
Greenbelt Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Morristown National Historical Park
Petersburg National Battlefield	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	9/11/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 4/4/2026 2:42:32 PM

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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