Characteristics
Cardamine douglassii Britton
purple spring cress, pink spring cress
Rich mesic deciduous forests and mesic bottomland forests and thickets. Preferring lower and bottom parts of slopes in deep rich calcareous soils.
Forb/herb
Perennial
Vascular
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Note: The authority for this species is sometimes cited as: Torrey, in Torrey & Gray (1838); however, Arabis douglassii was listed by Torrey as a synonym only.
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Native
Threatened-State
FACW, OBL (NWPL)
FACW (NWPL EMP)
FACW (NWPL NCNE)
S4 (State Rank)
G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Brassicales
Cardamine douglassii Britton - purple spring cress, pink spring cress
Citation
Cardamine douglassii Britton
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Species Distribution Map
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