Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Tradescantia > Tradescantia ohiensisTradescantia ohiensis (bluejacket)Synonyms: Tradescantella incarnata; Tradescantia canaliculata; Tradescantia canaliculata f. albiflora; Tradescantia canaliculata f. lesteri; Tradescantia canaliculata f. mariae; Tradescantia difforme; Tradescantia difformis; Tradescantia foliosa; Tradescantia incarnata; Tradescantia ohiensis f. pilosa; Tradescantia ohiensis var. foliosa; Tradescantia ohiensis var. paludosa; Tradescantia paludosa; Tradescantia reflexa; Tradescantia reflexa f. albiflora; Tradescantia reflexa f. lesteri; Tradescantia reflexa f. mariae; Tradescantia reflexa var. eloiseana; Tradescantia riparia Tradescantia ohiensis, commonly known as bluejacket or Ohio spiderwort, is an herbaceous plant species in the genus Tradescantia native to eastern + central North America. It is the most common and widely distributed species of Tradescantia in the United States, where it can be found from Maine in the northeast, west to Minnesota, and south to Texas and Florida. It also has a very small distribution in Canada in extreme southern Ontario near Windsor. |
Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low |  | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Herb |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area |
V |
120283 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
V |
7622 |
Georgia, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site |
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Iowa, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park |
III |
2897 |
Georgia, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve |
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306 |
Georgia, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
III |
4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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