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Silene dichotoma Ehrh.

Common Name: FORKED CATCHFLY
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Ad B-Forb

Roadsides, fields, railroads, and other weedy sites. Of European origin, naturalized in North America and first collected in 1902 in Ingham Co. and becoming conspicuous throughout the Lower Peninsula in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

Counties
Alcona
Antrim
Barry
Benzie
Berrien
Calhoun
Cheboygan
Emmet
Gratiot
Ingham
Isabella
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kalkaska
Leelanau
Lenawee
Livingston
Mackinac
Mecosta
Montmorency
Newaygo
Oakland
Oceana
Washtenaw
Wayne

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/780