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American pokeweed
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Common name: American pokeweed
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Revision as of 13:40, 10 July 2015

Phytolacca americana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Phytolacca
Species: P. americana
Binomial name
Phytolacca americana
L.
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Natural range of Phytolacca americana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common name: American pokeweed

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Phytolacca americana: Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Halictidae: Augochlora pura

Halictidae: Augochlorella striata

Halictidae: Augochloropsis metallica

Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa

Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii

Halictidae: Lasioglossum miniatulus

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis

Halictidae: Lasioglossum pectoralis

Halictidae: Lasioglossum placidensis

Halictidae: Lasioglossum puteulanum

Megachilidae: Heriades leavitti

Sphecidae: Ectemnius maculosus

Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais

Sphecidae: Isodontia exornata

Sphecidae: Oxybelus laetus fulvipes

Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus

Vespidae: Leptochilus republicanus

Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis hunteri

Vespidae: Zethus slossonae

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes