SPECIES: Andromeda polifolia
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY


  Joanne Kline. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Wisconsin State Herbarium. www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:
Taylor, Jane E. 2007. Andromeda polifolia. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].

FEIS ABBREVIATION:
ANDPOL

NRCS PLANT CODE [95]:
ANPO
ANPOG
ANPOP

NRCS PLANT CODE [95]:
ANPO
ANPOG
ANPOP

COMMON NAMES:
bog rosemary

TAXONOMY:
The scientific name of bog rosemary is Andromeda polifolia L. (Ericaceae) [56,60,69].

Infrataxa: Based primarily on distribution, plant size, and pedicel length, some systematists recognize 3 varieties of bog rosemary [56,60,69]:

Andromeda polifolia L. var. jamesiana (Lepage) Boivin
Andromeda polifolia
L. var. glaucophylla (Link) DC
Andromeda polifolia L. var. polifolia

The taxonomy of bog rosemary has been amended in recent years. A. glaucophylla and A. polifolia were once considered distinct species, and A. polifolia var. jamesiana was once considered intermediate between the 2 species [52,56,89].

Within this review, unless otherwise specified, "bog rosemary" refers to the species as a whole.

SYNONYMS:
Andromeda glaucophylla Link [10,15,42,56,84,89,92,100]
A. glaucophylla var. iodandra Fern [56]
A. polifolia ssp. glaucophylla (Link) Hultén [50,52,56]
   =A. polifolia L. var. glaucophylla (Link) DC. [56,60,69,84]

A. polifolia var. concolor Boivin [52,56]
   = A. polifolia L. var. polifolia L. [56]

A. × jamesiana Lepage (A. glaucophylla × A. polifolia) [56,89]
   =A. polifolia
L. var. jamesiana (Lepage) Boivin [56]

LIFE FORM:
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status

OTHER STATUS:
Information on state-level protected status of plants in the United States is available at Plants Database.

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