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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)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS5Yes
OntarioS5Yes
Prince Edward IslandS1Yes
British ColumbiaSNANo
New BrunswickS4Yes
Nova ScotiaS3Yes
Island of NewfoundlandSNANo
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MississippiSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
MassachusettsSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
IllinoisS3Yes
New YorkS5Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
New JerseyS5Yes
ColoradoS3Yes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
NevadaS1Yes
VermontS5Yes
UtahSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
KansasS5Yes
West VirginiaS5Yes
New HampshireSNRYes
IndianaS5Yes
VirginiaS5Yes
South CarolinaS5Yes
WisconsinSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
DelawareS5Yes
LouisianaSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
KentuckyS5Yes
WyomingS1Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
North CarolinaS5Yes
MichiganSNRYes
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).