Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Characteristics

Asteraceae
Ambrosia
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
common ragweed
A very weedy native species. Cultivated ground, roadsides, waste places, barnyards, thin dry exposed soils of rocky or forest opening, seasonally exposed cobble bars in streams. Along roads this plant can be quite thick, although dwarfed, and grows very close to edge of the tarmac. In native habitats it usually does not get as tall and robust as in cultivated ground.
Forb/herb
Annual
Vascular
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Native UPL, FACU+ (NWPL) FACU (NWPL EMP) FACU (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification

Eudicots
Asterales
Asteraceae
Ambrosia
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. - common ragweed

Citation

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
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Species Distribution Map

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Source

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Plant Photos

Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 17 Sep 2008 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 17 Aug 2009 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 17 Sep 2008 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 22 Aug 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 22 Aug 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 17 Aug 2009 - 1
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Photo By: Julie A. Lundgren. Photo taken: Saratoga, NY: 25 June 2020 -
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