PLANTS Profile for Polygonum scandens var. dumetorum (climbing false buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason
climbing false buckwheat

Symbol:

POSCD

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

Tiniaria dumetorum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 675. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

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Synonyms:
Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

	BIDU	Bilderdykia dumetorum (L.) Dumort.
	PODU4	Polygonum dumetorum L.
	RESCD	Reynoutria scandens (L.) Shinners var. dumetorum (L.) Shinners
	TIDU	Tiniaria dumetorum (L.) Opiz

Distribution:
Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum, 3 varieties in Polygonum scandens L.

Classification:
Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

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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 scandens L. – climbing false buckwheat
Variety	Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason – climbing false buckwheat

Introduced Information:
Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

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 scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

Polygonum scandens:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FAC

FAC-

FAC

FACU

FACW

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum scandens L. var. dumetorum (L.) Gleason

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529791.

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

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 08:52 AM MDT