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Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides
milkwort knotweed

       
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Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides

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Distribution:
Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides

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USA (ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum, 4 subspecies in Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn.
 

Classification:
Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides

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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 polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. – milkwort knotweed
Subspecies Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides – milkwort knotweed
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides

Polygonum polygaloides:

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
FACW-,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW FACW- NI NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum polygaloides Wall. ex Meisn. ssp. polygaloides

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 524991.

 
 
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