Index / Search / Senna marilandica
§1 Plant
Senna marilandica (L.) Link
vernacular Maryland senna — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Senna
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 601 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 6.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 20,500
- Propagation
- seed, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 601 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lawrence 18093
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Landry 22097
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Belmont 39013
- Clinton 39027
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Guernsey 39059
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Pike 39131
- Ross 39141
- Stark 39151
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SEMA11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2956985 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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