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General Information | |
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Symbol: | CADE15 |
Group: | Dicot |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Duration: |
Perennial |
Growth Habit: |
Shrub Vine |
Native Status: |
HI I PR I |
Other Common Names: |
cat's claw
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Data Source and Documentation |
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Absent/Unreported |
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Both, No County Data |
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Synonyms
Symbol | Scientific Name |
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BISE2 | Biancaea sepiaria (Roxb.) Todaro |
CASE15 | Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb. |
Classification
Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
Subclass | Rosidae |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family |
Genus | Caesalpinia L. – nicker |
Species | Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston – shoofly |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
U.S. Weed Information | |
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Caesalpinia decapetala
Mauritius thorn
Mysore thorn
cats claw
shoofly
wait-a-bit
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
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HEAR | USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii. |
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Wildlife
Food
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Cover
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Description of Values
Value Class | Food | Cover |
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