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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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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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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
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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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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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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