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Revision as of 08:22, 9 July 2015

Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Ambrosia
Species: A. artemisiifolia
Binomial name
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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Natural range of Ambrosia artemisiifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Is an annual (Hall 1993).

Common names: Common Ragweed Synonym names: A. glandulosa Scheele; A. monophylla (Walter) Rydb.

Distribution

Is common nearly throughout entire Florida (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003). Is also common throughout the entire United States (Hall 2003).

Ecology

Habitat

Is found in disturbed sites (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).

Phenology

Flowers from summer to fall (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Hall, David W. Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain: based on the collections of Leland and Lucy Baltzell. 1993. A Maupin House Book. Gainesville. 74. Print.

Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Second edition. 2003. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 296. Print.