PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium rubrum (red goosefoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Chenopodium rubrum L.
red goosefoot

Symbol:

CHRU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		W

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Gary Larson. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Chenopodium rubrum L.

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Distribution:
Chenopodium rubrum L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium rubrum L.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 50 species in Chenopodium

Classification:
Chenopodium rubrum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Chenopodium L. – goosefoot
Species	Chenopodium rubrum L. – red goosefoot

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chenopodium rubrum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
coast-blite goosefoot		Threatened
New Hampshire:
coast-blite goosefoot		Threatened
New Jersey:
red goosefoot		Endangered
New York:
red pigweed		Threatened

Introduced Information:
Chenopodium rubrum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Chenopodium rubrum L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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FACW,OBL

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OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Chenopodium rubrum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20630.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 09:13 AM MDT