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Cirsium vulgare
Bull Thistle
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Bull Thistle
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Asteraceae, Genus Cirsium, Species Cirsium vulgare


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Low
Life form - Biennial herb
Park Rank - Park uncommon
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Facultative Upland
Bloom Time - July
Bloom Time - August
Bloom Time - September
Bloom Time - October
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:		10 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Bandelier National Monument
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Blue Ridge Parkway	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Bryce Canyon National Park	Buffalo National River
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Catoctin Mountain Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Cowpens National Battlefield	Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Eisenhower National Historic Site
El Malpais National Monument	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Fossil Butte National Monument
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Great Falls Park	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Haleakala National Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Muir National Historic Site	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Mesa Verde National Park	Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
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Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rainier National Park
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Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Prince William Forest Park	Redwood National Park
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Rocky Mountain National Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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Last Modified Date:	2/26/2020

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/1/2025 4:36:52 AM

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