Species identified as high, global, regional and/or national priority
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Eastern USA and Canada (2003)
| SPECIES | End use of species | Operations / Activities | REMARKS | ||||||||||
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| Exploration & collection | Evaluation | Conservation | Germplasm use | ||||||||||
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Abies balsamea | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Abies fraseri | * |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; CLT; SO; breeding Phytophthora cinnamomi resistance |
Acer negundo |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT |
Acer saccharinum |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; CLT; SO |
Acer saccharum | * | * | * | * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Betula alleghaniensis | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT |
Betula papyrifera |
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| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | PVT |
Carya cordiformis | * |
| * | * | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | PVT; SO |
Carya illinoensis |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | PVT; SO |
Carya ovata | * |
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| * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | PVT; SO |
Castanea dentata | * | * | * | * | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PVT; PGT; MPTS; (E); breeding Cryphonectria parasitica resistance |
Celtis occidentalis |
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Celtis tenuifolia |
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Cornus florida |
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Crataegus rotundifolia |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT |
Fagus grandifolia | * |
| * | * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | MPTS; susceptible to fungal pathogens |
Fraxinus americana |
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| * | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; CLT; MPTS |
Fraxinus nigra |
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
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| * | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; SO; MPTS |
Fraxinus quadrangulata |
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| * | * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | MPTS; (E) for peripheral populations |
Gleditsia tricanthos |
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| * | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; CLT; MPTS |
Gymnocladus dioicus |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | (E) Ontario, some U.S. populations |
Juglans cinerea |
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| * | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | (E); MTPS; threatened by Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum fungus |
Juglans nigra | * |
| * | * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | PVT; PGT; CLT; SO; MPTS |
Larix laricina | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Liquidambar styraciflua | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO; MPTS |
Liriodendron tulipifera | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MPTS; (E) Ontario |
Magnolia acuminata | * |
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| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | (E) Ontario, Indiana, Oklahoma, Florida |
Morus rubra |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | MPTS; (E) Ontario, Vermont, Maine; threat from introgression |
Nyssa sylvatica |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | (E) Ontario, Vermont, Maine |
Picea glauca | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Picea mariana | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Picea rubens | * |
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| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus banksiana | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus clausa | * |
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| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO (E) Mississippi, Alabama |
Pinus echinata | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus elliottii | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO; breeding Cronartium quercuum sp. fusiforme resistance |
Pinus palustris | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus resinosa | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus rigida | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus serotina | * |
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| 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO; (E) New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Alabama |
Pinus strobus | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; SO; (E); selection for Cronartium ribicola resistance |
Pinus taeda | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; CLT; SO |
Pinus virginiana | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO (E) New York, Indiana, Mississippi |
Platanus occidentalis | * |
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| * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | CLT |
Populus balsamifera | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; CLT; MPTS |
Populus deltoides | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | CLT; PVT; MPTS |
Populus tremuloides | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; CLT; MPTS |
Prunus americana |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; SO; MPTS |
Prunus serotina | * |
| * | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | PVT; CLT; MPTS |
Prunus virginia |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | MPTS |
Ptelea trifoliata |
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Quercus alba | * |
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Quercus borealis |
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Quercus macrocarpa | * |
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| 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; MPTS; (E) at periphery of range |
Quercus rubra | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT; PGT; CLT; SO |
Robinia pseudoacacia | * |
| * | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PGT; PVT; MPTS |
Swietenia mahagani |
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Taxodium ascendens |
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Taxodium distichum |
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| * | * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MPTS; (E) Oklahoma, Indiana |
Taxus canadensis |
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| * | * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | MPTS; (E) Manitoba and U.S. |
Thuja occidentalis |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | MPTS; (E) in U.S. populations |
Torreya taxifolia |
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| * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | (E) endangered across range by unknown fungal pathogen |
Tsuga canadensis | * |
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Ulmus americana | * |
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| * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Breeding resistance to Ceratocystis ulmi |
*** Species withdrawn from the 2001 list
*** Species added to the 2001 list
