Index / Search / Polygonum buxiforme
§1 Plant
Polygonum buxiforme Small
vernacular box knotweed — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 135 counties across 17 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 135 counties across 17 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Cook 17031
- De Witt 17039
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- Moultrie 17139
- Piatt 17147
- Sangamon 17167
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Green 55045
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POBU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5652198 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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