Pitcher's Thistle - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WEBThe Pitcher’s thistle is a native thistle that grows on the open sand dunes and low open beach ridges along the shorelines of Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron. It is now found in Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin and in Ontario Canada.
Cirsium pitcheri - Wikipedia
WEBCirsium pitcheri, sometimes called Pitcher's thistle or dune thistle, is a species of thistle native to sand dune shorelines along the upper Great Lakes. It is native to Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario. [3] It is listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a threatened species. [4]
Pitcher’s Thistle - US Forest Service
WEBPitcher’s thistle can be identified by its deeply toothed, wooly leaves and by the presence of spines at the tips of each point on the leaf. The wooly coating gives the leaves and stems their characteristic silvery appearance, as well as helping the plant to conserve water.
Cirsium pitcheri (Pitcher's thistle) - Michigan Natural Features Inventory
WEBKey Characteristics. Perennial thistle of open Great Lakes dunes; leaves bluish-green with few spines, densely covered by white-woolly hairs, forming only a basal rosette when young; flower heads numerous and very pale in color.
Pitcher's Thistle - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (U.S ...
WEBJun 19, 2015 · The Pitcher’s thistle is a native thistle that grows on the beaches and grassland dunes along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. The silvery and spiny-leaved plant thrives on windy, dry, and sandy foredunes in the Great Lakes Basin.
Cirsium pitcheri, Pitcher’s thistle - US Forest Service
WEBCirsium pitcheri, Pitcher’s thistle. ESA Status. Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents. Listed Threatened 1988. Recovery Plan 2002 (PDF, 1.0 MB) Threats.
Pitcher's Thistle
WEBPitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) is a native of the shorelines of the western Great Lakes, one of the upper Midwest’s most extensive linear ecosystems and an important landmark for founding the concept of succession and the science of ecology (e.g. Cowles, 1899).
WEBPitcher’s Dune Thistle: A Critical Part of the Dunes . What is it? Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) is a rare plant found only on the dunes of the Great Lakes, with most of the population on the shores of Lake Michigan and the remainder on Lakes Superior and Huron. This species is federally and state threatened. It is named after Zina ...
Terrestrial Native Species and Habitat Restoration: Pitcher’s Thistle …
WEBNov 21, 2019 · Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcher) is a native thistle that grows on beaches and grassland dunes along the shorelines of Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron. It has been listed as a threatened species likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future due to loss of critical dune habitat.
Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) - iNaturalist
WEBCirsium pitcheri, sometimes called Pitcher's thistle or dune thistle, is a species of thistle native to sand dune shorelines along the upper Great Lakes. It is native to Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario. It is listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a threatened species.