Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.

En: sweetflag, American sweetflag
Fr: acore d'Amérique
Provincial Status: N
Range: Boreal NA; swNfld.

[=Acorus calamus L. var. americanus Raf. (basionym)]
[=Acorus calamus auct. non L.]

[Acorus americanus is known from only one location in swNfld., where it was last collected in 1961 (Bouchard et al., 1991, reported as A. calamus). More recently, an identifiable portion of Acorus americanus, verified by H. Mann (NFM V V-10340), was collected by Leah Soper in 1987 from Second Salmon Pond, Old Main Brook Rd., nwNfld., but the population has not yet been relocated.]

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