USDA and NRCS Identifier NRCS Logo
USDA.gov Web Site PLANTS photo banner
PLANTS Home about PLANTS PLANTS Team Partners of PLANTS What's New at PLANTS National Plant Data Center Web Site Help using PLANTS Contact PLANTS
 
 Search the PLANTS Web site
 Name Search

PLANTS Topics
 
 
PLANTS Image Gallery
 
 
Download PLANTS data
 
 
Related tools
 
 
 
You are here: Home / PLANTS Profile Printer-Friendly Printer-Friendly
PLANTS Profile
Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Indiana Iowa Michigan Mississippi Montana Nevada Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Utah Vermont Wisconsin Puerto Rico Virgin Islands New Brunswick Labrador Newfoundland Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Greenland Saint Pierre and Miquelon

 

Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small
bushy knotweed

       
Symbol:    
Group:    
Family:    
Duration:    
Growth Habit:    
Native Status:  
  
  
  



Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file.
Line Drawing of Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small
Polygonum prolificum

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.
 
More Information:
 

Images:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

See all the Polygonum thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
 

Synonyms:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

  POPR10 Polygonum prolificum (Small) B.L. Rob.
 

Distribution:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

View Native Status
Distribution Map Legend

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

USA (AK, CA, CT, DE, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum, 2 varieties in Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.
 

Classification:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
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
Variety Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small – bushy knotweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

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:
Polygonum ramosissimum
bushy knotweed              Endangered, Extirpated
New Hampshire:
Polygonum prolificum
prolific knotweed              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Polygonum ramosissimum
bushy knotweed              Extirpated
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small

Polygonum ramosissimum
bushy knotweed
tall knotweed

The related entities 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.

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. var. prolificum Small

Polygonum ramosissimum:

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
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum 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 529788.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/26/2008 06:27 PM MDT