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Primary methods of population decrease of the wild ginger are predation by slugs and destruction of forest canopy and other shading plants. Canopy and other shading plant destruction is often a result of fires and clear cutting. According to studies cited by the U.S. Forest Service wild ginger populations were greatly reduced if not diminished in post burn areas that affected the canopy density and allowed for more light to reach the understory where this plant lives. A. caudatum is of the Tracheobionta subkingdom, Magnoliophyta division, Magnoliopsida class, and Aristolochiales family. This simply means that the wild ginger native to Oregon is a vascular, flowering plant that is dichotomous and not of the true ginger family as its name would suggest. Currently there is no indication that this species is threatened. References Plant Oregon, The Nursery on Wagner Creek (2010). Asarum caudatum - Wild Ginger. Retrieved from Plant Oregon, The Nursery on Wagner Creek: http://store.plantoregon.com/prostores/servlet/Detail?searchpath=42f146c9edd05828ef5f&category=A ll+Plants&start=51&total=354&no=49 Gucker, Corey L. 2004. Asarum caudatum. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: www.fs.fed.us/database/feis [ ]. Wild Ginger Farm, Oregon (2010). Asarum - Wild Ginger. Retrieved from Wild Ginger Farm, Oregon: http://www.wildgingerfarm.com/Asarum.htm U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Science (2010). Asarum caudatum - Plant Profile. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Science: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASCA2 Portland Nursery (2010). ASARUM CAUDATUM: Wild Ginger. Retrieved from Portland Nursery: http://www.portlandnursery.com/plants/nativePicks/asarum.shtml Plants For A Future (2010). Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger. Retrieved from Plants For A Future: http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Asarum+caudatum
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