genus

Fallopias

Fallopia

Field notes

Fallopia is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, in the past often included in a wider treatment of the related genus Polygonum, and previously including Reynoutria. The genus is native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, but species have been introduced elsewhere. The genus includes species forming vines and shrubs.

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Range

United States

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

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