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