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Cirsium altissimum (L.) Spreng.

Common Name: TALL THISTLE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 5
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Forb

Shaded river banks, floodplain and stream margin forests and thickets, oak-hickory and mixed hardwood forests and savannas.

See comments under C. discolor. A well named plant, impressively tall, to several meters, when robust.

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Barry
Berrien
Hillsdale
Ingham
Ionia
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lenawee
Livingston
Macomb
Monroe
Oakland
St. Joseph
Washtenaw

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/283