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Phytolacca americana

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Phytolaccaceae » Phytolacca americana
Common name (English)
Pokeweed
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Canada (New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Portugal (I), Austria (I), Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Romania (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Corsica (I), Sardinia (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Montenegro (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Macedonia (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Albania (I), Bulgaria (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Tunisia (I), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), European Russia (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Armenia (I), Azerbaijan (I), Japan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), trop. Africa (I), South Africa (I), Lesotho (I), China (I) (Shaanxi (I), Shandong (I), Jiangsu (I), Zhejiang (I), Jiangxi (I), Fujian (I), Henan (I), Hubei (I), Guangdong (I), Sichuan, Yunnan (I)), Korea (I), Taiwan (I), Argentina (I), Uruguay (I), Bolivia (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Turkey (I) (SE-Anatolia (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Cyprus (I) (E-Cyprus (I), N-Cyprus (I), N-Cyprus (I), S-Cyprus (I)), Egypt (I), European Turkey (I), Iran (I) (N-Iran (I), Iranian Aserbaijan (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I), Rift Valley (I), N-Israel (I)), Lebanon (I) (coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Afghanistan (I), Nepal (I), Philippines (I), Vietnam (I), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I), Corvo Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Tenerife (I), Hierro (I), La Palma Isl. (I), Gran Canaria (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I)) 125648 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Roadsides & waste ground; sea-level to 1000' - scarcely more than an adventive in Cyprus, and no sites listed for Division 3 [Given the taxonomic confusion mentioned by Stace, note that Meikle also list P. dioica (planted tree) and P. pruinosa (native, with many sites but all in Division 2).

First detection year
1892
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

As the species is not established introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

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