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Cardamine pensylvanica
Pennsylvania bittercress
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Pennsylvania bittercress
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Brassicales, Family Brassicaceae, Genus Cardamine, Species Cardamine pensylvanica


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


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


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Crater Lake National Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Everglades National Park	First State National Historical Park
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glacier National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	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
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rainier National Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
North Cascades National Park	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Olympic National Park	Oxon Run National Parkway
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Prince William Forest Park	Rock Creek Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Suitland Parkway
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Voyageurs National Park	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Yellowstone National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/18/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 7:04:47 PM

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