redroot amaranth

Native annual monoecious herb, with erect stems up to 1 m tall, fruit an circumcissle utricle (i.e., with a lid that pops off at maturity), in highly disturbed settings including crop fields, gardens, sides of roads and trails, in pastures, and around manure piles (the ecological setting for all Amaranthus species).

Published on Mar 5, 2013

How to Identify various pigweed / amaranth species in Ohio Including redroot and smooth pigweed, palmer and powell amaranth, and common and tall waterhemp

Uploaded on Oct 8, 2008

Amaranthus retroflexus
(Corvinus beszámoló)

Published on Feb 15, 2013

Amaranthus retroflexus - Redroot Pigweed

Published on Aug 5, 2013

It's our Weed of the Week, Redroot Pigweed.

Published on Sep 21, 2012

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This video shows how to identify Amaranthus retroflexus and Chenopodium album, two edible and abundant members of the Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae.

Also shown are Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) and Curly dock (Rumex crispus). for comparison, both of which may potentially be mistaken for pigweed as impostors or look-a-likes, especially by a novice forager.

Amaranthus retroflexus is also known as Green amaranth, redroot pigweed and goes by many other common names.

Chenopodium album is also known as Goosefoot, Pigweed, Wild spinach or Lamb's quarters. It likely has other common names as well.

There are many varieties of pigweed. Depending on your geographic location, pigweed species may be different. The two above Goosefoot's are found throughout North America and are both extremely abundant.

The goosefoot family contains a variety of plants that serve as food, medicine and are used for utility purposes such as making soap and natural dyes. Some Goosefoot family plants are cultivated for both food and as ornamental plants in the flower garden and landscaping.

A few common and perhaps more familiar Goosefoot family plants grown in the garden are Spinach, chard and beets. Following garden varieties through the seasons may allow one to familiarize their self with Goosefoot familiy plant characteristics and patterns of growth.

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