PLANTS Profile for Polygonum bistortoides (American bistort)

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Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American bistort

Symbol:

POBI6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Bistorta bistortoides

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Polygonum bistortoides Pursh

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Synonyms:
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh

	BIBI5	Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small
	PEBI5	Persicaria bistortoides (Pursh) H. Hinds
	POBIL	Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. linearifolium (S. Watson) Small
	POBIO	Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. oblongifolium (Meisn.) H. St. John
	POCE5	Polygonum cephalophorum Greene
	POGL12	Polygonum glastifolium Greene
	POVU4	Polygonum vulcanicum Greene

Distribution:
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh

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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 bistortoides Pursh – American bistort

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

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,OBL

OBL

FAC*

FACW*

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 20879.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:17 PM CST