Bidens hyperborea (common names estuary beggarticks,[5] northern beggarticks,[6] or estuary bur-marigold[7]) is a variable species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known from estuarine regions in northeastern North America. It is similar to Bidens cernua, Bidens laevis, and Bidens eatonii.[4][8] B. hyperborea is listed as an endangered species in the state of Massachusetts, where it is threatened by habitat degradation,[9] and is listed by NatureServe as critically imperiled (S1) in the province of Ontario and possibly extirpated from New Hampshire.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Bidens |
| Species: | B. hyperborea
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Description
editBidens hyperborea is an annual herb, growing up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It produces yellow flower heads, sometimes one at a time, sometimes 2 or 3, each containing both disc florets and (usually) ray florets. The species grows in salt marshes and along the banks of marine estuaries.[10][11]
Taxonomy
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Bidens hyperborea was first described by Edward Lee Greene in 1901 based on specimens by James Melville Macoun collected at James Bay, originally identified as Bidens cernua.[11] In 1915, Meritt Lyndon Fernald and Harold St. John described Bidens colpophila from specimens collected near the mouth of the Kennebec River, noting its similarities to Greene's B. hyperborea but distinguishing it based on characteristics of the achenes.[12]
A subsequent 1918 review by Fernald concluded that B. hyperborea and B. colpophila were conspecific, but the variability of the species in numerous isolated localities led to the circumscription of a number of varieties, distinguished by the length of the achenes, leaf morphology, and growth habit.[4] In 1925, Norman Carter Fassett described two new varieties, var. laurentiana and var. svensonii, separating them based on their leaf morphology and involucral bracts. Fassett also described an interspecific hybrid of B. hyperborea and B. cernua.[8]
Most authorities currently do not recognize the varieties of B. hyperborea and treat it without subspecific divisions.[2]
Distribution
editIt grows along the coasts of Hudson Bay, the Arctic Ocean, and the North Atlantic Ocean in eastern Canada (Labrador,[13] Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia) and the northeastern United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York).[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bidens hyperborea". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Bidens hyperborea Greene". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ The Plant List, Bidens hyperborea Greene
- ^ a b c Fernald, M.L. (August 1918). "The specific identity of Bidens hyperborea and B. colpophila". Rhodora. 20 (236): 146–150. JSTOR 23298072. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens hyperborea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Bidens hyperborea Greene, northern beggar-ticks
- ^ Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine Natural Areas Program, Bidens hyperborea Greene, Estuary Bur-marigold
- ^ a b Fassett, Norman C. (January 1925). "Bidens hyperborea and its varieties". Rhodora. 27 (313): 166–171.
- ^ "Bidens hyperborea". Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
- ^ Flora of North America, Bidens hyperborea Greene, Pittonia. 4: 257. 1901.
- ^ a b Greene, Edward Lee (1899–1901). "Studies in the Compositae - VIII". Pittonia. 4: 257–258. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Fernald, M.L.; St. John, Harold (January 1915). "Some anomalous species & varieties of Bidens in Eastern North America". Rhodora. 17 (193): 20–23. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Pan-arctic flora, 861301 Bidens hyperborea Greene
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
