Sonchus arvensis

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Sonchus
Species:	Sonchus arvensis
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
C value
Status
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. arvensis

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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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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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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: Carter (KY), Campbell (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Montgomery (TN), Rutherford (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, MTSU, UCHT, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1937 - 1965

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
MTSU022313	Rutherford	Tennessee	29 May 1937	E. Rucker	MTSU Sonchus arvensis
TENN-V-0238934	Campbell	Tennessee		H. R. DeSelm 9595	TENN Sonchus arvensis
TENN-V-0238935	Fentress	Tennessee		B. Eugene Wofford 86-75	TENN Sonchus arvensis
TENN-V-0238937	Montgomery	Tennessee		Edward W. Chester 3165	TENN Sonchus arvensis
31234100708864	Carter	Kentucky	14 Aug 1965	Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr. 11056	EKY Sonchus arvensis
UCHT029866	DeKalb	Tennessee			UCHT Sonchus arvensis

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