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Scientific Name

Celastrus scandens

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Celastrus scandens L.

Park

Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

American bittersweet

Park Synonyms

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Plantae
Subkingdom	Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta
Superdivision	Embryophyta
Division	Tracheophyta
Subdivision	Spermatophytina
Class	Magnoliopsida
Superorder	Rosanae
Order	Celastrales
Family	Celastraceae
Genus	Celastrus
Species	Celastrus scandens

Occurrence

Present

Occurrence Notes

Data Source: Stalter, 2000; Byer, 2002

Nativeness

Native

Nativeness Notes

Data Source: Byer, 2002 Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Weedy value was Yes with comment: Byer, 2002- Rough estimate that <1 acre has been impacted by this species./

Abundance

Unknown

Abundance Notes

Management Tags

Management Priority
NY NH, 2007: State Rank=S3;State Protected Status=U;State (W)atched or (T)racked=W;Federal Status=;Global Rank=G5

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

1

References

3

Vouchers

0

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

Converted from non-NPSpecies format by I&M Office

Created Date

1/7/2005 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

Converted from non-NPSpecies format by I&M Office

Last Modified Date

7/30/2008 12:00:00 AM

Notes

Park Species Data Source: Byer, 2002; Chrysler, 1930; Venezia, 1991, Accepted Detail: Byer, 2002

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