Amaranthus spinosus L.
spiny amaranth
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Images:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
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Distribution:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (MB, ON) |
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Related Taxa:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
View
23 genera in Amaranthaceae,
45 species in Amaranthus
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Classification:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS
Classification Report.
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U.S. Weed Information:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
spiny amaranth
spiny amaranthus
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant
may be known by one or more common names in different
places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym
to view each weed list, or click here for a
composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
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Haragan, P.D.
1991.
Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide.
The University Press of Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky.
278pp.
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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Introduced Information:
Amaranthus spinosus 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:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
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More Accounts and Images:
Amaranthus spinosus L.
View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).
View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20748.
View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).
View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
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