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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office
illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service. |
| Botanical name: |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. |
| Common
name: |
annual ragweed |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
annual |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
12-40" |
| Foliage: |
deeply bipinnately dissected, lower ones opposite, upper ones alternate |
| Flowers: |
small, green; monoecious with male flowers above the female flowers |
| Habitat: |
disturbed and waste areas |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Wind pollinated. Its pollen is the source of hay fever for many people.
The
seeds are an important winter food for many bird species and the plants
are hosts for various species of butterflies and moths.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 304. |
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