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| General Information | |
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| Symbol: | POOL |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Portulacaceae |
| Duration: |
Annual |
| Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb |
| Native Status: |
CAN I,N HI I L48 I,N NAV I PB I,N PR I VI I |
| Other Common Names: |
akulikuli kula
pigweed |
| Data Source and Documentation | |
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Both, No County Data |
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Synonyms
| Symbol | Scientific Name |
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| PONE6 | Portulaca neglecta Mack. & Bush |
| POOLG | Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Danin & Baker |
| POOLI | Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. impolita Danin & Baker |
| POOLN | Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. nicaraguensis Danin & Baker |
| POOLN2 | Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. nitida Danin & Baker |
| POOLP | Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. papillatostellulata Danin & Baker |
| POOLS | Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. stellata Danin & Baker |
| POOLO | Portulaca oleracea L. var. oleracea |
| POOLP2 | Portulaca oleracea L. var. parvifolia (Haw.) Griseb. |
| PORE4 | Portulaca retusa Engelm. |
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 | Portulacaceae – Purslane family |
| Genus | Portulaca L. – purslane |
| Species | Portulaca oleracea L. – little hogweed |
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. | |
| Arizona
common purslane
Prohibited noxious weed
common purslane
Regulated noxious weeds
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| U.S. Weed Information | |
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Portulaca oleracea
akulikuli-kula
common purslane
duckweed
pursley
pusley
wild portulaca
This plant 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. |
| HEAR | USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii. |
| KY | Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. |
| N'EAST | Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. |
| NE&GP | Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
| WSWS | Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. |
Wetland Status
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Wildlife
Food
| Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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| Everitt | Low |
Cover
| Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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| Everitt |
Sources
| Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press. Lubbock. |
Description of Values
| Value Class | Food | Cover |
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| High | Average 25-50% of diet | Regular source of cover |
| Low | 5-10% of diet | Infrequently used as cover |
| Minor | 2-5% of diet | Sparsely used as cover |
| Moderate | Average 10-25% of diet | Occasional source of cover |
