Cardamine pensylvanica

Characteristics

Brassicaceae
Cardamine
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Pennsylvania bitter cress
Swamps, stream banks, gravel bars in streams, small drainages, seepage areas, and marshes. A common species of wet habitats it mostly grows in saturated to seasonally slightly inundated often mucky soils.
Herbaceous
Biennial
Vascular
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Native OBL (NWPL EMP) FACW (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank)
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Classification

Eudicots
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Cardamine
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. - Pennsylvania bitter cress

Citation

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos

Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Columbia Co., NY: 19 Jul 2012 - 5
Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Columbia Co., NY: 19 Jul 2012 - Kimberly J. Smith View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 18 May 2012 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 18 May 2012 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 18 May 2012 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 18 May 2012 - 1
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