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Hieracium canadense Michx.
Canadian hawkweed
Symbol: HICA3
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Click on this Line drawing of Hieracium canadense to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 329. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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State Distributional Map for HICA3
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Plant Distribution by State

Hieracium canadense Michx.

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Related Taxa:
Hieracium canadense Michx.

View 440 genera in Asteraceae, 49 species in Hieracium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for variety profiles.

Distribution of Hieracium canadense var. canadense. Native. Distribution of Hieracium canadense var. fasciculatum. Native.      
Hieracium canadense var. canadense
Canadian hawkweed		 Hieracium canadense var. fasciculatum
Canadian hawkweed		      
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Classification:
Hieracium canadense Michx.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Asteridae –
                      Order Asterales –
                         Family Asteraceae – Aster family
                            Genus Hieracium L. – hawkweed
                               Species Hieracium canadense Michx. – Canadian hawkweed

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Threatened and Endangered Plant Information:
Hieracium canadense Michx.
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Ohio:
       Canada hawkweed     Threatened

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Noxious Weed Information:
Hieracium canadense Michx.
The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
Washington:
    Hieracium L.
        hawkweed     Class C noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Hieracium canadense Michx.
        yellow hawkweed
        Canadian hawkweed
    Hieracium L.
        hawkweed
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above are considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 
WI   Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns, Eds. 1997. Wisconsin Manual of Control Recommendations for Ecologically Invasive Plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Hieracium canadense Michx.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37700.

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