Spiraea japonica

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRosaceae
Family (Traditional)Rosaceae
GenusSpiraea
Species:Spiraea japonica L. f.
Common NameJapanese Meadowsweet; Japanese Spiraea
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Invasive Rank: TN-IPC Established Threat; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: doubly serrate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 5; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; Invasive; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Clay (KY), Greenup (KY), Harlan (KY), Knott (KY), Lee (KY), Lewis (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Wolfe (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1937 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100637873 McCreary Kentucky 22 Jun 1991 Ronald L. Jones
6781
EKY
Spiraea japonica
31234100637832 Clay Kentucky 22 Jul 2003 Gina Morris
EKY
Spiraea japonica
ETSU007694 Unicoi Tennessee 21 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
N/A Johnson Tennessee 28 Sep 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
N/A Carter Tennessee 14 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114382 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114383 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114348 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114374 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114361 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114381 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114349 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114371 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114385 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
UCHT014763 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Spiraea japonica
BEREA024129 Harlan Kentucky
BEREA
Spiraea japonica
31234100637840 Knott Kentucky 21 Jun 2001 Timothy J. Weckman
6509
EKY
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114384 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114347 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114355 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114387 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-011438 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114368 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114373 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114389 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114380 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114366 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114352 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
UCHT014765 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Spiraea japonica
APSC0004520 Scott Tennessee 09 Jul 1999 Joey Shaw & Chris Fleming
276
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0045084 Cumberland Tennessee 22 Jun 1994 R. Kral with D. Rust
53596
APSC
Spiraea japonica
31234100637865 McCreary Kentucky 14 Jun 2000 Joey Shaw
689
EKY
Spiraea japonica
31234100637857 Madison Kentucky 02 Oct 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7449
EKY
Spiraea japonica
31234100637915 Morgan Tennessee 13 Jun 1981 Thomas S. Patrick, Bretta E. Perkins
3122
EKY
Spiraea japonica
31234100147998 Morgan Tennessee 13 Jun 1981 Thomas S. Patrick
3122
EKY
Spiraea japonica
ETSU007695 Unicoi Tennessee 15 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
31973000018583 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114386 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114391 White Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114367 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114364 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114388 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114375 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
UCHT014766 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Spiraea japonica
APSC0055344 Cumberland Tennessee 18 Jul 2013 Devin Rodgers, Dwayne Estes
56
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0070948 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Spiraea japonica
BEREA021317 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114350 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114376 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114390 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114360 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
APSC0070947 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0112746 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Spiraea japonica
HTTU029227 Cumberland Tennessee 30 Jun 2000 H. Rodgers Hopkins
74
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU019913 Cumberland Tennessee 24 Jun 2000 Terry Hurd
17
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
UCHT035775 Campbell Tennessee
UCHT
Spiraea japonica
UOS05672 Franklin Tennessee 15 Jun 1996 Mary P. Priestley
AR 14
UOS
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142740 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142742 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142746 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142808 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
N/A Carter Tennessee 04 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
31973000018584 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-01143 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114365 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114379 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114362 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114363 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114356 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
APSC0080655 Lee Kentucky
APSC
Spiraea japonica
HTTU019937 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU015385 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142744 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142741 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142806 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
APSC0085644 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Spiraea japonica
HTTU019914 Cumberland Tennessee 24 Jun 2000 Terry Hurd
18
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU015383 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU015382 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU015380 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142811 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142807 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142747 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
31234100637881 Wolfe Kentucky 06 May 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1395
EKY
Spiraea japonica
ETSU007693 Unicoi Tennessee 23 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114354 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114359 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114378 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114358 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114377 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
APSC0070234 Sequatchie Tennessee
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0098333 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0086647 Lee Kentucky
APSC
Spiraea japonica
HTTU028981 Cumberland Tennessee 16 Jun 2016 Kimberly Austin, Shannon Murphy
34
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU015384 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142805 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142743 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
31234100851870 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R.C. Clark
21681
EKY
Spiraea japonica
BEREA021318 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Spiraea japonica
31973000018585 McCreary Kentucky
KNK
Spiraea japonica
APSC0078323 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0004521 Grundy Tennessee 13 Jul 2002 Dwayne Estes
3561
APSC
Spiraea japonica
APSC0053212 Polk Tennessee 28 May 2012 D. Estes, A. Floden, J. Shaw
APSC
Spiraea japonica
MTSU008511 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Mar 2003 Teresa Rich
MTSU
Spiraea japonica
UOS05673 Franklin Tennessee 09 May 1959 Lazell, S.
73
UOS
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142812 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
ETSU030632 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
ETSU035365 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
N/A Carter Tennessee 11 Jun 2018 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
18124
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
31234100637923 Scott Tennessee 02 Jun 1999 Joey Shaw
148
EKY
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114351 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114357 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
TENN-V-0114353 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiraea japonica
UCHT014764 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Spiraea japonica
UCHT014767 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Spiraea japonica
APSC0045083 Cumberland Tennessee 22 May 1994 R. Kral
83588
APSC
Spiraea japonica
HTTU015381 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142810 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142739 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
ETSU030631 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU029103 Scott Tennessee 25 Jun 1997 Claude Bailey
353
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
HTTU019915 Scott Tennessee 25 Jun 1997 Claude Bailey
352
HTTU
Spiraea japonica
MTSU008504 Cumberland Tennessee 02 Jul 1937
MTSU
Spiraea japonica
MTSU008512 Moore Tennessee 20 Apr 2003 Christopher G. Meyer
MTSU
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142745 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
BRIT142809 Tennessee
VDB
Spiraea japonica
ETSU008765 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Spiraea japonica
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Spiraea japonica - Joey Shaw
Spiraea japonica - Joey Shaw
Spiraea japonica - Joey Shaw
Spiraea japonica - Joey Shaw
Spiraea japonica - Joey Shaw
Spiraea japonica - Joey Shaw
Spiraea japonica - Theo Witsell
Spiraea japonica - Theo Witsell
Spiraea japonica - Theo Witsell
Spiraea japonica - Theo Witsell
Spiraea japonica - Theo Witsell
Spiraea japonica - Theo Witsell