Index / Search / Polygonum aviculare
§1 Plant
Polygonum aviculare L.
vernacular prostrate knotweed — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 602 counties across 24 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 602 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clay 05021
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
Delaware view state ↗ 2 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clay 21051
- Daviess 21059
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Grant 21081
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Owen 21187
- Pike 21195
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
Louisiana view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Assumption 22007
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 96 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 41 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAV ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7821030 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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