swamp smartweed

(Persicaria hydropiperoides)

Conservation Status

 

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  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
  Midwest

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

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Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 28, 29, 30.

 
  4/5/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

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Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Caryophyllanae  
 

Order

Caryophyllales (pinks, cactuses, and allies)  
 

Family

Polygonaceae (knotweed)  
  Subfamily Polygonoideae  
  Tribe Persicarieae  
  Subtribe Persicariinae  
 

Genus

Persicaria (knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers)  
       
 

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Synonyms

 
 

Persicaria hydropiperoides var. breviciliata

Persicaria hydropiperoides var. euronotora

Persicaria hydropiperoides var. opelousana

Persicaria opelousana

Persicaria paludicola

Persicaria persicarioides

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. adenocalyx

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. asperifolium

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. breviciliatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. bushianum

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. digitatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. euronotorum

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. hydropiperoides

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. opelousanum

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. psilostachyum

Polygonum hydropiperoides var. strigosum

Polygonum opelousanum

Polygonum opelousanum var. adenocalyx

Polygonum persicarioides

 
       
 

Common Names

 
  swamp smartweed  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Persicaria hydropiper (Water-Pepper)
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  Persicaria hydropiper (Water-Pepper)  

 

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  Weed of the Week #708-Swamp Smartweed (Air Date 10/30/11)
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Uploaded on Nov 4, 2011

It's our Weed of the Week, Swamp Smartweed.

   

 

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