Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Amaranthus > Amaranthus blitoidesAmaranthus blitoides (mat amaranth; prostrate amaranth; prostrate pigweed)Synonyms: Amaranthus aragonensis; Amaranthus blitoides var. aragonensis; Amaranthus blitoides var. crassior; Amaranthus blitoides var. crassius; Amaranthus blitoides var. densifolius; Amaranthus blitoides var. halophilus; Amaranthus blitoides var. reverchonii; Amaranthus blitum var. nanus; Amaranthus reverchonii; Amaranthus turolensis; Galliaria blitoides Amaranthus blitoides, commonly called mat amaranth, prostrate pigweed, procumbent pigweed, prostrate amaranth, or matweed, is a glabrous annual plants species. It usually grows up to 0.6 m, though it may grow up to 1 m (3 feet). It flowers in the summer to fall. It is believed to have been a native of the central or eastern United States, but it has naturalized in almost all of temperate North America. It has also naturalized in South America and Eurasia. Some authorities list it as an invasive species. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Canyonlands National Park |
II |
335430 |
Utah, United States |
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Death Valley National Park |
II |
762125 |
California, Nevada, United States |
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Desert Biosphere Reserve |
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68236 |
Utah, United States |
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Devils Tower National Monument |
V |
1361 |
Wyoming, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Grasslands National Park |
II |
128635 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Jornada Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
30913 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve |
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5901 |
California, United States |
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Natural Bridges National Monument |
III |
7412 |
Utah, United States |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Pipestone National Monument |
V |
326 |
Minnesota, United States |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
762028 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
239938 |
Colorado, United States |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Scotts Bluff National Monument |
V |
3185 |
Nebraska, United States |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Zion National Park |
II |
135667 |
Utah, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991)
Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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