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Taxon: Fallopia sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Ronse Decr.

Genus: Fallopia
Family: Polygonaceae subfamily: Polygonoideae.
Nomen number: 409770
Place of publication: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98:369. 1988
Name verified on: 16-May-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CA(as Polygonum sachalinense)*, CT(as Polygonum sachalinense)*, MT(as Polygonum sachalinense)°, OR(as Polygonum sachalinense)*, WA(as Polygonum sachalinense)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • giant knotweed   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Polygonum sachalinensis]) – English
  • sacaline   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Polygonum sachalinensis]) – English
  • Sakhalin knotweed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Polygonum sachalinense; F NAmer)
  • Fuels: potential as biomass for energy generation   (fide N. E. Bassam, as Polygonum sachalinense)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide F CalifJep, as Polygonum sachalinense; F NAmer)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands [s.], Sakhalin
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Fallopia sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Ronse Decr.:


Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?409770 (09 September 2010)

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