P h o t o b y T h o m a s G . B a r n e s
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Habitat:
Calcareous forests and thickets usually in alluvial areas.
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Species Description:
This is a perennial herb up to 2.7 m with numerous (25-35) cream colored flowers and a stout, smooth stem that exudes a milky juice when broken. Its leaves are generally deltoid and dentate lobed.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early August to late September.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Cauline leaves well defined; heads ligulate, 20-35 flowered, corymbiform or paniculiform; principal bracts (10-) 12-13 (-15),pubescent; juice milky; achenes smooth, linear-oblong; pappus of simple capillary bristles.
Plants 1-2.5 m and leafy, the leaves 25 x 20 cm and gradually reduced upwards; heads drooping, involucre 12-16 mm coarsely hirsute with green to black tinged principal bracts; flowers 20-35 per head.
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Management:
Timber removal would be detrimental. Disturbance such as ATV trails, timber removal or any activity that results in increased erosion and weed invasion will be detrimental. Exotic pest plants are a threat to this species and should be removed. Avoid creating access to the site through trail or road construction.
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Global Range:
Prenanthes crepidinea occurs from western New York west to Minnesota and south to Kansas (reputedly), Arkansas, and Tennessee.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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