PLANTS Profile for Polygonum buxiforme (box knotweed)

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Polygonum buxiforme Small
box knotweed

Symbol:

POBU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Polygonum buxiforme Small

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 662. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Polygonum buxiforme Small

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Synonyms:
Polygonum buxiforme Small

	POAVL	Polygonum aviculare L. var. littorale auct. non (Link) Mert.
	POLI8	Polygonum littorale auct. non Link

Distribution:
Polygonum buxiforme Small


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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Polygonum buxiforme Small

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum buxiforme Small

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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 buxiforme Small – box knotweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polygonum buxiforme Small

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.

New York:
Small's knotweed		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum buxiforme Small

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 20882.

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

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

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 04:43 AM MDT