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Diodia teres Walter
poorjoe

       
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Diodia teres Walter

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Distribution:
Diodia teres Walter

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Diodia teres Walter

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 8 species in Diodia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Diodia teres Walter var. angustata A. Gray. .
Diodia teres var. angustata
poorjoe
Distribution of Diodia teres Walter var. hirsutior Fernald & Grisc.. .
Diodia teres var. hirsutior
poorjoe
Distribution of Diodia teres Walter var. hystricina Fernald & Grisc.. .
Diodia teres var. hystricina
poorjoe
Distribution of Diodia teres Walter var. oblongifolia Fernald. .
Diodia teres var. oblongifolia
poorjoe
Distribution of Diodia teres Walter var. teres. .
Diodia teres var. teres
poorjoe
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Diodia teres Walter

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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 Rubiales
Family Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus Diodia L. – buttonweed
Species Diodia teres Walter – poorjoe
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Diodia teres Walter

poorjoe

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.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Diodia teres Walter

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 UPL FACU- FACU NO FACU FACU- FACU- NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Diodia teres Walter

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt Low           Minor  
Martin Minor           Low  
Miller Low           Low  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Diodia teres Walter

View species account 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 34789.

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

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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