PLANTS Profile for Polygonum scandens var. scandens (climbing false buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens
climbing false buckwheat

Symbol:

POSCS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens

Tiniaria scandens

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 674. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens

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Synonyms:
Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens

	BISC	Bilderdykia scandens (L.) Greene
	FASC	Fallopia scandens (L.) Holub
	PODUS	Polygonum dumetorum L. var. scandens (L.) A. Gray
	RESC	Reynoutria scandens (L.) Shinners
	TISC	Tiniaria scandens (L.) Small

Distribution:
Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens


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

Related Taxa:
Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum, 3 varieties in Polygonum scandens L.

Classification:
Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens

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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 scandens L. – climbing false buckwheat
Variety	Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens – climbing false buckwheat

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Polygonum scandens:

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

FAC-

FAC

FACU

FACW

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens

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 529792.

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.

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