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Scientific Name
Vinca minor
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Vinca minor L.
Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (FRSP)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
common periwinkle
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomPlantae
SubkingdomViridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta
Superdivision Embryophyta
DivisionTracheophyta
SubdivisionSpermatophytina
ClassMagnoliopsida
SuperorderAsteranae
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae
GenusVinca
SpeciesVinca minor
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Found extensively in the Fredericksburg subunit along Lee Drive.; Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 7/11/2008.
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 7/11/2008. 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: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 7/11/2008. In legacy NPSpecies Weedy value was Yes with comment: Occasionally invasive--VADCR, 2003; 10-15 acres impacted--Akerson and Kneipp, 2000.
Abundance
Unknown
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 7/11/2008.
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    Urgency: medium--Akerson and Kneipp, 2000.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
1
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
JSK
Created Date
12/11/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
7/11/2008 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Akerson and Kneipp, 2000. NPBIB-552910., Accepted Detail: USDA, NRCS. 2008. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 10 July 2008). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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