PLANTS Profile for Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat)

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Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
buckwheat

Symbol:

FAES2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I

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Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

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Synonyms:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

	FAFA	Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) Karst.
	FASA	Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib.
	FAVU2	Fagopyrum vulgare Hill
	POFA4	Polygonum fagopyrum L.

Distribution:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 2 species in Fagopyrum

Classification:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

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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	Fagopyrum Mill. – buckwheat
Species	Fagopyrum esculentum Moench – buckwheat

Introduced Information:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

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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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Martin	Minor		Minor				Low
Yarrow	Low				Low		Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

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 502589.

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 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:
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

Managing Cover Crops Profitably (Sustainable Agriculture Network)

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 01:12 AM MDT