PLANTS Profile for Polygonum ×bohemicum (Bohemian knotweed)

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Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]
Bohemian knotweed

Symbol:

POBO10

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

CAN

More Information:

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Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]

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Distribution:
Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]

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	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species	Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense] – Bohemian knotweed

Noxious Weed Information:
Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]

This plant is 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.

Washington:
Bohemian knotweed		Class B noxious weed
Bohemian knotweed		Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine

Introduced Information:
Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum ×bohemicum (J. Chrtek & Chrtkovß) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 02:18 PM CDT