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Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.
swamp smartweed

       
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Photo of Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

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Synonyms:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

  PEHY7 Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small
  PEHYB Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small var. breviciliata (Fernald) C.F. Reed
  PEHYE Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small var. euronotora (Fernald) C.F. Reed
  PEHYO Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small var. opelousana (Riddell ex Small) J.S. Wilson
  PEOP3 Persicaria opelousana (Riddell ex Small) Small
  PEPA42 Persicaria paludicola Small
  PEPE28 Persicaria persicarioides (Kunth) Small
  POHYA Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. adenocalyx (Stanford) Gleason
  POHYA2 Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. asperifolium Stanford
  POHYB Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. breviciliatum Fernald
  POHYB2 Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. bushianum Stanford
  POHYD Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. digitatum Fernald
  POHYE Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. euronotorum Fernald
  POHYO Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. opelousanum (Riddell ex Small) Riddell ex W. Stone
  POHYP2 Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. psilostachyum H. St. John
  POHYS Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. strigosum (Small) Stanford
  POOP2 Polygonum opelousanum Riddell ex Small
  POOPA Polygonum opelousanum Riddell ex Small var. adenocalyx Stanford
  POPE20 Polygonum persicarioides Kunth
 

Distribution:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum
 

Classification:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

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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 Polygonales
Family Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. – swamp smartweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

Indiana:
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. opelousanum
northeastern smartweed              Threatened
New York:
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. opelousanum
Opelousa smartweed              Threatened
 

Introduced Information:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

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.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO

Polygonum opelousanum:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NI OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 20857.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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