Index / Search / Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
§1 Plant
Sanicula canadensis L. var. canadensis
vernacular Canadian blacksnakeroot — variety · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Sanicula
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 865 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 865 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Chambers 01017
- Chilton 01021
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Conecuh 01035
- DeKalb 01049
- Escambia 01053
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brooks 13027
- Carroll 13045
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Grady 13131
- Habersham 13137
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Seminole 13253
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Thomas 13275
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 76 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Madison 31119
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pierce 31139
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 88 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Craig 40035
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Johnston 40069
- Kingfisher 40073
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 91 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Lincoln 54043
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SACAC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7258874 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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