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General Information | |
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Symbol: | ALPH |
Group: | Dicot |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Duration: |
Perennial |
Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb |
Native Status: |
L48 I PR I |
Characteristics | |
Data Source and Documentation |
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Synonyms
Symbol | Scientific Name |
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ACPH | Achyranthes philoxeroides (Mart.) Standl. |
Classification
Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
Subclass | Caryophyllidae |
Order | Caryophyllales |
Family | Amaranthaceae – Amaranth family |
Genus | Alternanthera Forssk. – joyweed |
Species | Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. – alligatorweed |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
Noxious Weed Information | |
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This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds. | |
Alabama
alligatorweed
Class C noxious weed
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Arizona
alligatorweed
Prohibited noxious weed
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Arkansas | |
California
alligatorweed
A list (noxious weeds)
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Florida
alligatorweed, green lead plant
Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
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South Carolina
alligatorweed
Invasive aquatic plant
alligatorweed, pigweed
Plant pest
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Texas
alligatorweed
Noxious plant
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U.S. Weed Information | |
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Alternanthera philoxeroides
alligator weed
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
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STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
FLEPPC | Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida. |
SEEPPC | Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. |
SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
Wetland Status
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Wildlife
Food
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Cover
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Description of Values
Value Class | Food | Cover |
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