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Annual Marsh Elder (Iva annua)

  • Annual Marsh Elder (Iva Annua) https://www.sagebud.com/annual-marsh-elder-iva-annua/
    Credit: NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX. | Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX.. | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Annual Marsh Elder (Iva Annua) https://www.sagebud.com/annual-marsh-elder-iva-annua/
    Credit: NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX. | Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX.. | License: PD USDA
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Iva Annua, or more commonly know as Annual Marsh Elder, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Iva. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Iva Annua or Annual Marsh Elder's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Iva
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Order: Asterales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Annual
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: KY
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FAC) 2(FAC) 3(FAC) 4(FAC) 5(FAC) 6(FAC) 7(NI)


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