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Common Beet (Beta vulgaris)

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Beta Vulgaris, or more commonly know as Common Beet, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Beta. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Beta Vulgaris or Common Beet's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Puerto Rico, specifically in the states of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Beta
  • Family: Chenopodiaceae
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Annual Biennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (I) PR (I)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: UPL FACU
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(NI) 2(UPL) 3(UPL) 6(UPL) 8(FACU) 9(UPL) 0(FACU) C(UPL)





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