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Sessile Joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis)

Credit: Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln, NE. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. | http://plants.usda.g... | License: PD

Alternanthera Sessilis, or more commonly know as Sessile Joyweed, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Alternanthera. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Alternanthera Sessilis or Sessile Joyweed's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.

Category: Dicot
Genus: Alternanthera
Family: Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: Annual Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (N) VI (N)
Federal Noxious Status: NW
Federal Noxious Common Name: sessile joyweed
State Noxious Status: AL (CAW) CA (Q) FL (NW) MA (P) MN (PNW) NC (CAW) OR (Q) SC (PP) VT (CAW)
State Noxious Common Name: AL (sessile joyweed) CA (sessile joyweed) FL (sessile joyweed) MA (sessile joyweed) MN (sessile joyweed) NC (sessile joyweed) OR (sessile joyweed) SC (sessile joyweed) VT (sessile joyweed)
PLANTS Invasive Status: STATE US
National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FAC
Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 2(FACU) C(FAC) H(FAC)

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Sessile Joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis)

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