Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Polygonaceae

Polygonum - [maps | photos]

• Polygonum aviculare * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: prostrate knotweed

• Polygonum erectum L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: erect knotweed

• Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. ssp. prolificum (Small) Costea & Tardif
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: bushy knotweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonum prolificum (Small) B.L. Robins.

• Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. ssp. ramosissimum
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: bushy knotweed

• Polygonum tenue Michx.
  Common Name: pleatleaf knotweed

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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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