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Dioscorea oppositifolia
CHINESE YAM
Kings Mountain National Military Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		CHINESE YAM
Park Synonyms:		Dioscorea batatas

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Dioscoreales, Family Dioscoreaceae, Genus Dioscorea, Species Dioscorea oppositifolia


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Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Bluestone National Scenic River	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Congaree National Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Great Falls Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Shiloh National Military Park	Stones River National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	7/26/2018

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/5/2025 6:44:13 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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