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Persicaria pensylvanica

(L.) M. Gomez

Pennsylvania Smartweed

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1363491
Element CodePDPGN0Z050
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderPolygonales
FamilyPolygonaceae
GenusPersicaria
Synonyms
Polygonum pensylvanicumL.
Other Common Names
Pennsylvania smartweed (EN) Renouée de Pennsylvanie (FR)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
This record represents the narrow concept of Persicaria (Polygonum) pensylvanica not including Persicaria bicornis, following FNA (vol. 5, 2005). Varieties are not recognized within the species by Kartesz (1994, 1999) and FNA (vol. 5, 2005).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-07-30
Change Date1984-08-22
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
MichiganSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
DelawareS5Yes
MaineSNRYes
New YorkS5Yes
WisconsinSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
IllinoisS3Yes
GeorgiaSNRYes
West VirginiaS5Yes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
ColoradoS3Yes
MississippiSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
KansasS5Yes
TexasSNRYes
IndianaS5Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
North CarolinaS5Yes
LouisianaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
KentuckyS5Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
South CarolinaS5Yes
New HampshireSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
WyomingS1Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
NevadaS1Yes
VirginiaS5Yes
South DakotaSNRYes
New JerseyS5Yes
VermontS5Yes
OhioSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS5Yes
New BrunswickS4Yes
OntarioS5Yes
British ColumbiaSNANo
Nova ScotiaS3Yes
Prince Edward IslandS1Yes
Island of NewfoundlandSNANo
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Arkansas (1)
AreaForestAcres
Bear MountainOuachita National Forest1,910
Maine (1)
AreaForestAcres
Caribou - Speckled ExtWhite Mountain National Forest5,988
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little RiverGeorge Washington National Forest27,292
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  4. The Plant Names Project. International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Online. Available: http://www.ipni.org. (Accessed 2005).