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Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt

Common Name: FRAGRANT CUDWEED, OLD-FIELD BALSAM
Coefficient of Conservatism: 2
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt B-Forb

Gnaphalium obtusifolium of Michigan Flora.

Dry open ground, fields, forests (especially open jack pine, oak, and aspen); disturbed sites, especially cleared or burned areas as well as gravel and borrow pits; occasionally in boggy ground.

R. W. Smith

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Counties
Allegan
Antrim
Arenac
Barry
Bay
Berrien
Branch
Calhoun
Cass
Charlevoix
Chippewa
Clare
Clinton
Delta
Dickinson
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Ingham
Iosco
Isabella
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lake
Lapeer
Leelanau
Lenawee
Livingston
Macomb
Marquette
Mason
Mecosta
Menominee
Midland
Missaukee
Monroe
Montcalm
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oakland
Oceana
Ogemaw
Roscommon
Saginaw
Schoolcraft
Shiawassee
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Tuscola
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 18, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/432