USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Spiraea virginiana. Photo by T.G. Barnes.

Spiraea virginiana habitat. Photo by Hugh and Carol Nourse.

Spiraea virginiana range map.
Spiraea virginiana, Virginia spiraea
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
Threats
- Impoundments: plants are destroyed by rising water, and the impoundment may also trap propagules washed down-stream
- Road building
- Industrial development
- Competition with introduced alien plants
- Either too much or too little habitat disturbance to maintain suitable habitat conditions for Virginia spiraea
Conservation Status
National Forest and Grassland Occurrence
More Information
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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/spiraea_virginiana/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:46 EDT