NPSpecies

Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/8/2007.

This species is native to North America, but its natural range within the continant has been obscured through long-term cultivation by Native Americans and others. Rhoads and Klein (1993) considers the species to be introduced in Pennsylvania.; Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/8/2007. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Unknown with comment: This species could be adventive, native, or persistant from cultivation at FRHI.; Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/8/2007.

Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/8/2007.

Park Species Detail: All data associated with the FRHI PLOTS Database can be viewed on-line at the USGS--NPS National Vegetation Mapping Program web site: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/index.html, Park Species Data Source: Perles et al., June 2006. NPBIB-627533; FRHI_PLOT_AA_DATA.mdb, Accepted Detail: Steve Grund, Botanist, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/2/2007. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Exploitation Concern value was No with comment: Tubers are used as food and collection may occur at FRHI, but unless it is determined that the species is native at the park, collection is not likely to have consequences that would justify delegation of management resources-S. Grund, Botanist, 3/8/2007.