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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Pokeweed Family
  7. Pokeberries

genus

Pokeberries

Phytolacca

Traits
Includes
3 native 5 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • American Pokeweed native
  • Indian Pokeweed introduced
  • Inkweed present
  • Tropical Pokeweed native
  • Ombu introduced
  • Venezuelan Pokeweed
  • Phytolacca rugosa present
  • Mexican Pokeweed introduced
  • Andean Pokeweed
  • Japanese Pokeweed present
  • Brazilian Pokeweed present
  • Chinese Pokeweed present
  • African Soapberry
  • Pōpolo Kū Mai native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native pokeberries All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • American Pokeweed Phytolacca americana caterpillars 7 hosts 1 food 60 flowers 112
  • Tropical Pokeweed Phytolacca icosandra
  • Pōpolo Kū Mai Phytolacca sandwicensis

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