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Ptelea trifoliata
Common Hoptree
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Ptelea trifoliata L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Common Hoptree
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Sapindales, Family Rutaceae, Genus Ptelea, Species Ptelea trifoliata


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Low
Park Rank - Park rare
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Facultative
Bloom Time - April
Bloom Time - May
Bloom Time - June
Values at Risk - VAR


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S3; TN: SNR
Evidence:		3 Observations, 3 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Bandelier National Monument
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Buffalo National River	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	George Washington Carver National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mammoth Cave National Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Piscataway Park
Saguaro National Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Shenandoah National Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tuzigoot National Monument
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	6/14/2024

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 7:01:24 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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