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Pueraria montana var. lobata
acha, aka, Japanese arrowroot, kudzu, nepalem, wa yaka
Blue Ridge Parkway
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:		Pueraria lobata

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Fabales, Family Fabaceae, Genus Pueraria, Species Pueraria montana


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNRTNR
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: SNA; VA: SNA
Evidence:		2 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 6 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
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Big Thicket National Preserve	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	First State National Historical Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hot Springs National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Park of American Samoa	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Stones River National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	8/21/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 5:21:10 AM

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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