Characteristics
Bidens frondosa L.
devil’s beggar ticks
A wide variety of wetlands as well as disturbed areas. Banks of streams, pond margins, marshes, roadside ditches, wet to mesic disturbed areas, and floodplains. Along with B. connata one of our most common Bidens.
Herbaceous
Annual
Vascular
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Native FACW (NWPL EMP) FACW (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Asterales
Bidens frondosa L. - devil’s beggar ticks
Citation
Bidens frondosa L.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 18 Sep 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 18 Sep 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 18 Sep 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 18 Sep 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 19 Sep 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 11 Oct 2003 - 1
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