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Oxypolis rigidior
cowbane
Piscataway Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		cowbane
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Apiales, Family Apiaceae, Genus Oxypolis, Species Oxypolis rigidior


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


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway	Buffalo National River
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Oxon Run National Parkway
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Petersburg National Battlefield
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Shenandoah National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site


Last Modified Date:	12/16/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/12/2025 4:56:34 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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