[Knotweeds and Smartweeds: The Genus Persicaria and Polygonum in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum

Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum

Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum (Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum)

The photo above shows the prostrate stems of prostrate knotweed sprawling across the sand at the beach at the Dalles Riverside Park, Columbia River Gorge.........September 29, 2007. Note the paired, axillary flowers and alternate stem leaves.

Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum (Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum)

The photo above shows the prostrate stems of prostrate knotweed sprawling across the sand at the beach at the Dalles Riverside Park, Columbia River Gorge.........September 29, 2007.


Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum (Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum) - Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum (Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum)

Additional close-ups of the leaves and flowers of prostrate knotweed as seen along road #82 at Snowking Snowpark on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........October 2005. Note that the outer and inner series of tepals in individual flowers are the same length.

Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum (Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum)

Prostrate knotweed still in bloom in the gravel in the road to Sheep Canyon and Greyback Mountain, Klickitat Wildlife Area.........October 9, 2017.

Common Knotweed, Doorweed, Oval-leaf Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed, Yard Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum (Synonym: Polygonum arenastrum)

Prostrate knotweed sprawling across the rocky beach of the Deschutes River about one-half mile upstream from its mouth........July 27, 2011.

Paul Slichter