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Scientific Name

Cirsium arvense

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

Park

Monocacy National Battlefield (MONO)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

field thistle

Park Synonyms

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Plantae
Subkingdom	Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta
Superdivision	Embryophyta
Division	Tracheophyta
Subdivision	Spermatophytina
Class	Magnoliopsida
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae
Genus	Cirsium
Species	Cirsium arvense

Occurrence

Present

Occurrence Notes

Data Source: Engelhardt, 2005

Nativeness

Non-native

Nativeness Notes

Data Source: Engelhardt, 2005 Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: Helen Hamilton, 2007 In legacy NPSpecies Weedy value was Yes

Abundance

Rare

Abundance Notes

Engelhardt, 2005: Abundance reflects # of times a species occurred in 50 sampling plots: 1-25%=Rare; 26-50%=Uncommon; 51-75%=Common; 76-100%=Abundant./; Data Source: Engelhardt, 2005

Management Tags

Management Priority
VA DCR, 2003: Highly invasive species; see comments

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

4

References

4

Vouchers

0

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

MTK-NCR

Created Date

8/17/2000 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

Helen Hamilton

Last Modified Date

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Notes

Park Species Detail: Engelhardt, 2005: Encountered 4 times in 50 inventoried plots./MISC, 2006: Currently Regulated by state and/or federal law; Widely recognized by biologists and natural resource managers to degrade natural resources and/or negatively impact native species; Known to have a negative economic impact on agricultural or natural resources./, Park Species Data Source: MD DNR, 1998; Motivans, 1995; Kawecki, 1993;Engelhardt, 2005

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