This summer there is a proliferation of knotweed in areas on Race Rocks in which it has not occurred before : also see: https://racerocks.ca/polygonum-aviculare-prostrate-knotweed-the-race-rocks-taxonomy/
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- close up of flowers
The following Classification is from Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonum_aviculare
Scientific classification |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: |
P. aviculare
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum aviculare
L. 1753
commonname : Common knotgrass or Prostrate knotweed
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