Drosera rotundifolia
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Classification
Scientific Name:
Drosera rotundifolia L.
Other Common Names:
Droséra à feuilles rondes (FR)
, roundleaf sundew (EN)
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Anthophyta
Class:
Dicotyledoneae
Order:
Nepenthales
Family:
Droseraceae
Genus:
Drosera
Scientific Name Reference:
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Concept Reference:
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Name Used in Concept Reference:
Drosera rotundifolia
NatureServe Unique Identifier:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158710
NatureServe Element Code:
PDDRO02070
Related ITIS Names:
Drosera rotundifolia L. (TSN 22017)
Taxonomic Comments:
Accepted by Kartesz (1999) with three North American varieties recognized.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Status
Global Status:
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed:
5/16/2016
Rank Method Used:
Ranked by inspection
National & State/Provincial Statuses
on
off
United States: N5
United States:
N5
Alabama:
S1
Alaska:
SNR
California:
SNR
Colorado:
S2
Connecticut:
SNR
Delaware:
S2
Florida:
SNR
Georgia:
S2
Idaho:
SNR
Illinois:
S2?
Indiana:
S3
Iowa:
S1
Maine:
SNR
Maryland:
S3
Massachusetts:
SNR
Michigan:
SNR
Minnesota:
SNR
Mississippi:
SNR
Montana:
S3S4
New Hampshire:
SNR
New Jersey:
SNR
New York:
SNR
North Carolina:
S3
North Dakota:
S1
Ohio:
S3
Oregon:
SNR
Pennsylvania:
SNR
Rhode Island:
S4
South Carolina:
SNR
Tennessee:
S1
Vermont:
SNR
Virginia:
S4
Washington:
SNR
West Virginia:
S3
Wisconsin:
SNR
Canada: N5
Canada:
N5
Alberta:
S5
British Columbia:
S5
Island of Newfoundland:
S5
Labrador:
S5
Manitoba:
S4S5
New Brunswick:
S5
Northwest Territories:
SNR
Nova Scotia:
S5
Nunavut:
S3
Ontario:
S5
Prince Edward Island:
S4
Quebec:
S5
Saskatchewan:
S4
Yukon Territory:
S3S4
Other Statuses
U.S. Endangered Species Act:
None
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC):
None
Distribution
National and State/Provincial Distribution:
Canada:
AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT
United States:
AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV
Ecology and Life History
Habitat
Palustrine Habitats:
Bog/fen
Terrestrial Habitats:
Sand/dune
Habitat Comments:
Sphagnum bogs, fens, beaver ponds, swamps, peaty gravels, sandy soil, wet sand (for example, disturbed bottoms of old sand pits, emergent sandy shorelines) in the North, lake and stream margins, sphagnous streamheads, and seeps in the South (FNA vol. 6, 2015).
Economic Attributes
Economically Important Genus:
No
Population / Occurrence Delineation
The default minimum separation distance is 1 km; see the Habitat-based Plant Element Occurrence Delimitation Guidance for details.
Population / Occurrence Viability
References
- Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Page Last Published:
7/1/2022