Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Polygonaceae

Fallopia - [maps | photos]

• Fallopia cilinodis (Michx.) Holub (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: fringed black bindweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonum cilinode Michx.

• Fallopia convolvulus * (L.) A. Löve
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: black bindweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonum convolvulus L.

• Fallopia japonica * (Houtt.) Desr.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: Japanese knotweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.

• Fallopia sachalinensis * (F. Schmidt) Desr.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: giant knotweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonum sachalinense F.Schmidt

• Fallopia scandens (L.) Holub
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: climbing false buckwheat
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonum cristatum Engelm. & Gray

         • Polygonum scandens L.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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