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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils
annual ragweed

       
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Line Drawing of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils
Ambrosia elatior

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 341. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

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Synonyms:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

  AMEL2 Ambrosia elatior L.
 

Distribution:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 25 species in Ambrosia, 3 varieties in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
 

Classification:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Ambrosia L. – ragweed
Species Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. – annual ragweed
Variety Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils – annual ragweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Illinois:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
common ragweed              Noxious weed1
Michigan:
Ambrosia elatior
ragweed              Noxious weed
Oregon:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
ragweed              "B" designated weed
ragweed              Quarantine
 
1 within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Roman wormwood
annual ragweed
common ragweed
low ragweed
short ragweed
small ragweed
Ambrosia elatior
ragweed

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
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.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

Ambrosia artemisiifolia:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACU+ FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU- FACU FACU FACU+ FACU NO NO UPL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182420.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils

Auburn University Wildflower Notes

Virginia: abstract & image

 
 
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