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https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-taxon-detail.php&lsid=urn:lsid:ncbg.unc.edu:taxon:{AB0286D4-A2DF-468F-B49E-BF1E29D3B410}
Polygonum buxiforme Small. Small's Knotweed. Phen: Jun-Oct. Hab: Bottomlands, swamps, marshes, also disturbed areas, roadsides. Dist: NL (Newfoundland), NL (Labrador), NU, and NT, variously reported south to SC, AL, MS, LA, TX, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, GrPl, Il, K1, Mi, NE, NY, S, Tx, Mitchell & Dean (1978); = Polygonum aviculare L. ssp. buxiforme (Small) Costea & Tardif – Ar, FNA5, K3, K4, Costea & Tardif (2003a); < Polygonum aviculare L. – G, Pa, RAB, Tn; =? Polygonum aviculare L. var. littorale (Link) Mert. – F, misapplied; ? Polygonum littorale Link – S13, misapplied
Links to other floras: = Polygonum aviculare ssp. buxiforme - FNA5
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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