PLANTS Profile for Polygonum minimum (broadleaf knotweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonum minimum S. Watson
broadleaf knotweed

Symbol:

POMI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		I?
CAN		N

More Information:

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Polygonum minimum S. Watson

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Distribution:
Polygonum minimum S. Watson


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Polygonum minimum S. Watson

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum minimum S. Watson

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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 minimum S. Watson – broadleaf knotweed

Introduced Information:
Polygonum minimum S. Watson

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 minimum S. Watson

Nat. Ind.

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FACU+,FACW

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FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum minimum S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20903.

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

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 08:32 AM MDT