Index / Search / Polygonum scandens var. scandens
§1 Plant
Polygonum scandens L. var. scandens
vernacular climbing false buckwheat — variety · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 338 counties across 28 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 338 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- Menifee 21165
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pike 21195
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Banner 31007
- Brown 31017
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Johnson 31097
- Keya Paha 31103
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Merrick 31121
- Nance 31125
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Seward 31159
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Thurston 31173
- Washington 31177
- Wayne 31179
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
- York 31185
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Dare 37055
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
North Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- 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
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Clark 55019
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Monroe 55081
- Outagamie 55087
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Trempealeau 55121
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POSCS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5652201 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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