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Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
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    Credit: Andy Roberts from East London, England | originally posted to Flickr as bogbean | License: CC-BY-2.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Andy Roberts from East London, England | originally posted to Flickr as bogbean | License: CC-BY-2.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Andy Roberts from East London, England | originally posted to Flickr as bogbean | License: CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Andy Roberts from East London, England | originally posted to Flickr as bogbean | License: CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Hedwig Storch | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Hedwig Storch | Own work | License: PD Old
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Author Missing | Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887 (List of Koehler Imag...) | License: PD Old
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    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC) | photographed by Kristian Peters | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Original uploader was Jeffdelonge at fr.wikipedia | Originally from fr.wikipedia; description page is/was here. | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
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  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Hedwig Storch | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
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  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Anneli Salo | Own photo | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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    Credit: G.Hagedorn | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Anneli Salo | Own photo | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: G.Hagedorn | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Peyrico | Own work | License: PD
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Jacob Sturm (?) | scanned from book 31 jan 2009 | License: PD Old
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Martin Cilenšek | Scan from Naše škodljive rastl... (1892) | License: PD Old
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Anneli Salo | Own work (Own photo) | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
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  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
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  • Buckbean (Menyanthes Trifoliata) https://www.sagebud.com/buckbean-menyanthes-trifoliata/
    Credit: Original uploader was Tbc at nl.wikipedia | Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here. | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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Menyanthes Trifoliata, or more commonly know as Buckbean, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) with green foliage and white flowers of the genus Menyanthes. It has a moderate growth rate and a height of 0.8 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during mid spring and is somewhat tolerant of shade. Menyanthes Trifoliata or Buckbean's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Menyanthes
  • Family: Menyanthaceae
  • Order: Solanales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N) GL (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: IA (T) MD (E) NC (T) OH (T)
  • State T/E Common Name: IA (bog buckbean) MD (buckbean) NC (buckbean) OH (buckbean)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(OBL) 2(NI) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 7(OBL) 8(OBL) 9(OBL) 0(OBL) A(OBL)
  • Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
  • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Slow
  • Allelopath: No
  • Bloat: None
  • C:N Ratio: Medium
  • Coppice Potential: No
  • Fall Conspicuous: No
  • Fire Resistance: No
  • Flower Color: White
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Foliage Porosity Summer: Porous
  • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
  • Foliage Texture: Medium
  • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
  • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
  • Growth Form: Rhizomatous
  • Growth Rate: Moderate
  • Height Mature (feet): 0.8
  • Leaf Retention: No
  • Lifespan: Moderate
  • Low Growing Grass: No
  • Resprout Ability: No
  • Shape and Orientation: Semi-Erect
  • Toxicity: None
  • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No
  • Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
  • Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
  • Anaerobic Tolerance: High
  • CaCO3 Tolerance: Low
  • Cold Stratification Required: No
  • Drought Tolerance: None
  • Fertility Requirement: Medium
  • Fire Tolerance: High
  • Frost Free Days Minimum: 100
  • Hedge Tolerance: None
  • Moisture Use: High
  • pH (Minimum): 4.8
  • pH (Maximum): 6.5
  • Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 2700
  • Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 4800
  • Precipitation (Minimum): 12
  • Precipitation (Maximum): 55
  • Root Depth Minimum (inches): 10
  • Salinity Tolerance: None
  • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
  • Temperature Minimum (°F): -33
  • Bloom Period: Mid Spring
  • Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
  • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
  • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Spring
  • Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
  • Propagated by Bare Root: No
  • Propagated by Bulbs: No
  • Propagated by Container: No
  • Propagated by Corms: No
  • Propagated by Cuttings: No
  • Propagated by Seed: Yes
  • Propagated by Sod: No
  • Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
  • Propagated by Tubers: No
  • Seed per Pound: 65000
  • Seed Spread Rate: Slow
  • Seedling Vigor: Medium
  • Small Grain: No
  • Vegetative Spread Rate: Rapid


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