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Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.
plains snakecotton

       
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Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

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Distribution:
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

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USA (AL, AR, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI)
 

Related Taxa:
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

View 23 genera in Amaranthaceae, 5 species in Froelichia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. var. campestris (Small) Fernald. . Image Available.
Froelichia floridana var. campestris
plains snakecotton
Distribution of Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. var. floridana. .
Froelichia floridana var. floridana
plains snakecotton
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

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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 Caryophyllales
Family Amaranthaceae – Amaranth family
Genus Froelichia Moench – snakecotton
Species Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. – plains snakecotton
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

This plant 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.

Ohio:
cottonweed              Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

cottonweed
field snakecotton
plains snakecotton
prairie froelichia

This plant 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.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

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 20799.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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