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Medeola virginiana
Indian Cucumber
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Medeola virginiana L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Indian Cucumber
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Liliales, Family Liliaceae, Genus Medeola, Species Medeola virginiana


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Wide Range
Habitat - terrestrial
Life form - Perennial Herb
Park Rank - Park common
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Monocot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Facultative
Bloom Time - April
Bloom Time - May
Bloom Time - June
Bloom Time - July


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S5; TN: SNR
Evidence:		684 Observations, 14 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Cape Cod National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	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	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
First State National Historical Park	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Great Falls Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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	Monocacy National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Oxon Run National Parkway	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	9/19/2019

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/2/2026 6:36:59 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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