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Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.
bushy knotweed

       
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Line Drawing of Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 663. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

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Distribution:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

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

Related Taxa:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small. . Image Available.
Polygonum ramosissimum var. prolificum
bushy knotweed
Distribution of Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. ramosissimum. . Image Available.
Polygonum ramosissimum var. ramosissimum
bushy knotweed
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

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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 ramosissimum Michx. – bushy knotweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

This plant and 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 protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
bushy knotweed              Endangered, Extirpated
New Hampshire:
Polygonum exsertum [=PORAR]
exserted knotweed              Threatened
Polygonum prolificum [=PORAP]
prolific knotweed              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
bushy knotweed              Extirpated
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

bushy knotweed
tall knotweed

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

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
FACU-,FACW FAC FACU- FAC- FACU FAC FACW FAC FACU FAC- FACU* FACU NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20921.

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

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

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

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

 
 
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