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Apios americana
Groundnut
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Apios americana Medik.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Groundnut
Park Synonyms:

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


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Low
Life form - Herbaceous Vine
Park Rank - Park infrequent
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Facultative Wetland
Bloom Time - June
Bloom Time - July
Bloom Time - August


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:		O, BI
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S4; TN: SNR
Evidence:		44 Observations, 3 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Anacostia Park	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	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	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Great Falls Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	10/28/2019

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/3/2025 7:40:19 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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