Spiraea virginiana Britt.

Locations ofSpiraea virginiana Britt. in Virginia

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Family
Rosaceae
Botanical Name
Spiraea virginiana Britt.
Common Name
Virginia Spiraea
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Spiraea virginiana Britt.
Comments
First reported from Virginia in Jeffersonia 17:42-43 (1986) and subsequently found more widely by D.W. Ogle who published two noteworthy papers on distribution and ecology (Castanea 56:287-296; 56:297-303). Spiraea virginiana is listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a federally threatened species.
Habitat
Rocky, frequently flood-scoured riverbanks and bars, often in gorges. Rare in the sw. mountains; known only from the New River in the Southern Blue Ridge and the Guest River, Pound River, and Russell Fork in the Cumberland Mountains.
Native Status
Native

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