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§1 Plant

Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

vernacular buckwheat — species · Polygonaceae

USDA
FAES2
GBIF
2889373
Rank
species
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Platephotograph · joy russellCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Polygonaceae Juss.
Genus
Fagopyrum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 400 counties across 37 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 400 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Salinity
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
40 °F minimum
Frost-free days
365 min.
Precipitation
15–50 in/yr
pH range
6–8.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Severe
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
20,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 400 counties across 37 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
California view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 35 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 34 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 2 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 23 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/FAES2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2889373 ↗

Record version

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