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Polygonum convolvulus
black bindweed, black-bindweed, climbing buckwheat, climbing knotweed, cornbind, dullseed cornbind, pink smartweed, wild buckwheat
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Polygonum convolvulus L.
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Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Caryophyllales, Family Polygonaceae, Genus Fallopia, Species Polygonum convolvulus


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Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Blue Ridge Parkway	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Bryce Canyon National Park	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Effigy Mounds National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier National Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Mammoth Cave National Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Niobrara National Scenic River	North Cascades National Park
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Parashant National Monument
Pecos National Historical Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/10/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/16/2026 6:48:56 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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