Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae

SPECIES

Sonchus - [maps | photos]

Sonchus arvensis * L.
NWI TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: field sow thistle

Sonchus asper * (L.) Hill
NWI TN: Facultative +
Common Name: spiny sow thistle

Sonchus oleraceus * L.
NWI TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: common sow thistle

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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