OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Phytolaccaceae, Pokeweed family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Pokeweed, Poke

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phytolacca americana   FAMILY: Phytolaccaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phytolacca americana var. americana   FAMILY: Phytolaccaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phytolacca americana 068-01-001   FAMILY: Phytolaccaceae

 

Habitat: In a wide variety of natural and disturbed habitats, usually associated with exposed mineral soil

Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Maritime Pokeweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phytolacca rigida   FAMILY: Phytolaccaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phytolacca americana var. rigida   FAMILY: Phytolaccaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phytolacca americana 068-01-001?   FAMILY: Phytolaccaceae

 

Habitat: Dune slacks, dune slopes, edges of tidal marshes, disturbed areas on barrier islands, xeric sandhills near the coast

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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