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§1 Plant

Campanula aparinoides Pursh

vernacular marsh bellflower — species · Campanulaceae

USDA
CAAP2
GBIF
11019654 syn.
Rank
species
marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
Platephotograph · Aaron CarlsonCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Campanulaceae Juss.
Genus
Campanula
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 533 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 533 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
20–60 in/yr
pH range
6–7.5
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
700,000
Propagation
seed, bare root
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 533 counties across 27 states/territories.

Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 62 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 50 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 67 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CAAP2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/11019654 ↗

Record version

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