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Persicaria arifolia

(L.) K. Haraldson

Halberd-leaf Tearthumb

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137722

Element CodePDPGN0L080

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPolygonales

FamilyPolygonaceae

GenusPersicaria

Synonyms

Polygonum arifoliumL.Tracaulon arifolium(L.) Raf.

Other Common Names

halberdleaf tearthumb (EN) Renouée à feuilles d'arum (FR)

Concept Reference

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.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-08-16

Change Date1984-03-16

Threat Impact Comments

Moderately threatened by land-use conversion and habitat fragmentation (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Prince Edward Island	S3	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Ontario	S3	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes
Nova Scotia	S3	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
North Carolina	S4	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S4	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S3	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
Illinois	S1	Yes
Missouri	S1	Yes
District of Columbia	SNR	Yes
New York	S5	Yes
Georgia	S1	Yes
Florida	SNA	No
Virginia	S5	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	S4	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	S1	Yes
Delaware	S5	Yes
Pennsylvania	S5	Yes
New Jersey	S5	Yes
Minnesota	S4	Yes
Kentucky	S4	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Pennsylvania (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Allegheny Front	Allegheny National Forest	7,430

References (3)

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.
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.
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.