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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Close-up Geum radiatum, spreading avens flower.
Geum radiatum. Photo by B. Eugene Wofford, University of Tennessee.

Geum radiatum, spreading avens whole plant.
Geum radiatum. Photo by Gary Kauffman.

rock outcrops, habitat for Geum radiatum.
Geum radiatum habitat. Photo by Gary Kauffman.

Close-up Geum radiatum rock outcrop habitat. spreading avens is growing on the vertical face of a rock outcrop.
Geum radiatum habitat. Photo by Gary Kauffman.

Geum radiatum, spreading avens, range map.
Geum radiatum range map.

Geum radiatum, spreading avens

ESA Status

Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.

Threats

  • Heavy recreational use of its habitat
  • Loss of habitat to recreational and residential development
  • Collection
  • Desiccation and erosion from forest decline associated with air pollution and introduced insects

Conservation Status

National Forest and Grassland Occurrence

More Information

U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program

1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/geum_radiatum/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:25 EDT