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Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.
Japanese knotweed

       
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Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

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Synonyms:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

  FAJA2 Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr.
  PLCU3 Pleuropterus cuspidatus (Siebold & Zucc.) Moldenke
  PLZU Pleuropterus zuccarinii (Small) Small
  POCUC2 Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. var. compactum (Hook. f.) L.H. Bailey
  POZU Polygonum zuccarinii Small
  REJA2 Reynoutria japonica Houtt.
 

Distribution:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum
 

Classification:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

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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 cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. – Japanese knotweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Alabama:
Japanese knotweed, Japanese bamboo              Class C noxious weed
California:
Japanese knotweed              B list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut:
Japanese knotweed              Invasive, banned
Massachusetts:
Japanese knotweed, Japanese arrowroot              Prohibited
New Hampshire:
Japanese knotweed              Prohibited invasive Species
Oregon:
Japanese knotweed              "B" designated weed
Japanese knotweed              Quarantine
Vermont:
Fallopia japonica
Japanese knotweed              Class B noxious weed
Washington:
Japanese knotweed              Class B noxious weed
Japanese knotweed              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

Japanese bamboo
Japanese knotweed
fleeceflower
Fallopia japonica
Japanese knotweed

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

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 cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

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
UPL,FACU FACU- UPL FACU NO FACU NO NO NO FACU* NI NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 20889.

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

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

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.

 

Related Web Sites:
Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

CT-Invasive Plant Species Identification Sheets (USDA NRCS)

Canada-Invasive Exotic Plant Fact Sheets

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

MA-Massachusetts Non-Native Plant Introductions

ME-Invasive Plant Fact Sheets (DNR)

MT-Center for Invasive Plant Management

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

NY-Invasive Plant Council of New York State-Top 20

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

WA-NonNative Freshwater Plants

 
 
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