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Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida
great ragweed

       
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Images:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

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Synonyms:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

  AMTRI Ambrosia trifida L. var. integrifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. & A. Gray
 

Distribution:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

View Native Status
Distribution Map Legend

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

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

Related Taxa:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 25 species in Ambrosia, 2 varieties in Ambrosia trifida L.
 

Classification:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

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 Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Ambrosia L. – ragweed
Species Ambrosia trifida L. – great ragweed
Variety Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida – great ragweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

The related entities italicized and indented above 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.

California:
Ambrosia trifida
giant ragweed              B list (noxious weeds)
Delaware:
Ambrosia trifida
giant ragweed              Noxious weed
Illinois:
Ambrosia trifida
giant ragweed              Noxious weed1
 
1 within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

Ambrosia trifida
giant ragweed
great ragweed
horseweed

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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
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.
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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

Ambrosia trifida:

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
FAC,FACW FAC FAC FAC+ FAC FACW FAC FACW- FAC* FAC FAC NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182422.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida

DE-Delaware Cooperative Extension: Weed Control in Corn

FMC Ragweeds Farming Solutions

KY-Agripedia Seed Identification (University of Kentucky)

Rutgers Cooperative Extension: abstract & image

Seedling & leaf images

Virginia: abstract & image

 
 
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