Convolvulus americanus (Sims) Greene. Northeastern Bindweed. Phen: Jul-Oct. Hab: Openings, woodland edges, brackish shores, salt marshes. Dist: NL and ON south to e. NC and IL; Africa, South America, and the Atlantic Islands (Azores, Tristan da Cunha). The distribution is poorly understood.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br. ssp. americana (Sims) Brummitt – FNA14, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE; < Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br. – C, GW2, Mex, Pa, RAB, Va, W; > Convolvulus americanus (Sims) Greene – S; > Convolvulus repens L. – S; > Convolvulus sepium L. var. americanus Sims – Il, Tat; > Convolvulus sepium L. var. communis R.M.Tryon – Tat; < Convolvulus sepium L. var. repens (L.) A.Gray – F, WV, Wilson (1960b); > Convolvulus sepium L. var. repens (L.) A.Gray – G
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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