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Desmodium perplexum
Tick-trefoil
Valley Forge National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Unknown
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Desmodium perplexum B.G. Schub.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Tick-trefoil
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Fabales, Family Fabaceae, Genus Desmodium, Species Desmodium perplexum


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		PA: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Antietam National Battlefield	Blue Ridge Parkway
Buffalo National River	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
First State National Historical Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Gettysburg National Military Park	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Hot Springs National Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
Monocacy National Battlefield	Moores Creek National Battlefield
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Vicksburg National Military Park


Last Modified Date:	8/1/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/5/2025 6:00:13 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.

This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.


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