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Amaranthus retroflexus
careless weed, redroot amaranth, red-root amaranth, redroot pigweed, rough pigweed
Bandelier National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Caryophyllales, Family Amaranthaceae, Genus Amaranthus, Species Amaranthus retroflexus


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NM: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 4 External Links


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Anacostia Park	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arches National Park	Badlands National Park
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Chamizal National Memorial
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hovenweep National Monument	Indiana Dunes National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument	John Muir National Historic Site
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lava Beds National Monument	Mammoth Cave National Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Mesa Verde National Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Natchez Trace Parkway	Natural Bridges National Monument
Navajo National Monument	Nez Perce National Historical Park
North Cascades National Park	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Petrified Forest National Park	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Pipestone National Monument
Rocky Mountain National Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Saratoga National Historical Park	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Voyageurs National Park	Walnut Canyon National Monument
White Sands National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wind Cave National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yucca House National Monument	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	4/21/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/15/2026 4:19:26 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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