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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia
annual ragweed

       
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia

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Distribution:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia

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Distribution Map Legend

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

USA (CT, DC, IL, MA, ME, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VT), CAN (NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 25 species in Ambrosia, 3 varieties in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
 

Classification:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia

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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 Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Ambrosia L. – ragweed
Species Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. – annual ragweed
Variety Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia – annual ragweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia

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.

Illinois:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
common ragweed              Noxious weed1
Oregon:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
ragweed              "B" designated weed
ragweed              Quarantine
 
1 within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns
 

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

Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Roman wormwood
annual ragweed
common ragweed
low ragweed
short ragweed
small ragweed

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

Ambrosia artemisiifolia:

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+ FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU- FACU FACU FACU+ FACU NO NO UPL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182419.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 

Related Web Sites:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia

Auburn University Wildflower Notes

Virginia: abstract & image

 
 
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