PLANTS Profile for Polygonum argyrocoleon (silversheath knotweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze
silversheath knotweed

Symbol:

POAR5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

More Information:

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Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

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Distribution:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, ID, MA, MO, NC, NM, NV, TX, UT, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

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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 argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze – silversheath knotweed

Introduced Information:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

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:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

OBL

FAC

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

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

View species account 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 20873.

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

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

Related Web Sites:
Polygonum argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze

Arizona: abstract & image of silversheath knotweed (Polygonum argyrocoleon)

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: distribution map

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 09:41 AM MDT