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Vinca minor
Common Periwinkle
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Vinca minor L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Common Periwinkle
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Gentianales, Family Apocynaceae, Genus Vinca, Species Vinca minor


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Homesites
Life form - Herbaceous Vine
Park Rank - Park uncommon
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Bloom Time - April
Bloom Time - May
Exotic Plant Category - Exotic Plants Category 2


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: SNA; TN: SNA
Evidence:		17 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Buffalo National River	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Washington 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
Gettysburg National Military Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
Minute Man National Historical Park	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Olympic National Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	2/26/2020

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/3/2025 8:53:34 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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