Index / Search / Amaranthus cannabinus
§1 Plant
Amaranthus cannabinus (L.) Sauer
vernacular tidalmarsh amaranth — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Amaranthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 81 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 81 counties across 12 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMCA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384402 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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