OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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Common Name: Fringed Climbing Buckwheat, Fringed Black Bindweed, Fringed Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Parogonum ciliinode   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Polygonum cilinode   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonum cilinode 063-04-020   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

 

Habitat: Around rock outcrops, in openings, glades, and open woodlands at high elevations

Uncommon

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Fallopia convolvulus   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Polygonum convolvulus var. convolvulus   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonum convolvulus 063-04-021   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Common (rare in GA)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Climbing Buckwheat

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Fallopia scandens   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Polygonum scandens var. scandens   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonum scandens var. scandens 063-04-022a   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to wet open habitats

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Lace Vine, Silver-lace-vine, China Fleece-vine, Russian Vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Fallopia baldschuanica   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Polygonum baldschuanicum   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides

Waif(s)

Non-native: Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Japanese Knotweed, Japanese Bamboo, Japanese Buckwheat

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Reynoutria japonica var. japonica   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Polygonum cuspidatum   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonum cuspidatum 063-04-023   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, river banks and sandbars, often forming dense thickets

Common in Mountains & in NC, rare in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Non-native: east Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Giant Knotweed, Sachaline

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Reynoutria sachalinensis   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polygonum sachalinense   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonum sachalinense 063-04-024   FAMILY: Polygonaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: east Asia

 


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