Taxonomic Details for Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
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| Common Name: | Virginia saltmarsh mallow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonym(s): | Kosteletzkya virginica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Authority: | (L.) Ledeb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITIS TSN: | 845759 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Habitats: | Salinity Zone: Brackish water | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GCE Contact: | Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GCE Data Sets: | GIS-GCEL-1812a (May to July 2018 regions of interest (ROIs) of tidal marsh and tidal forest plant species to be used as ground reference data in habitat mapping) GIS-GCEL-1812 (May to July 2018 ground control points GPS coordinates of tidal marsh and tidal forest plant species to be used as ground control points in habitat mapping) |
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"Saltmarsh mallow" growing in the dunes, south end of Sapelo. Despite its name, it doesn't grow in the salt marsh, at least not in coastal GA, but does occur in other coastal habitats.
