*Amaranthus albus L. TUMBLEWEED, WHITE AMARANTH.
"Roadsides on the mainland," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park
System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Dufferin Islands N., low land, Miller (791),
Sept. 25, 1948; Niagara, Wm. Scott, Aug. 27, 1898 (259), Heimburger (1955).
Ontario: embankment just N
of the Lower Arch Bridge, Eckel & Eckel, Oct. 10, 1987 (BUF).
*Amaranthus graecizans L. TUMBLEWEED AMARANTH,
TUMBLE-WEED. Ontario, Niagara Park System (as A. blitoides),
Cameron (1895). Ontario: Queenston, Wm. Scott, Sept. 6, 1898 (253), Heimburger
(1955). "... becoming more abundant each year, in spite of an extensive
weeding campaign," Hamilton (1943).
*Amaranthus lividus L. PURPLISH AMARANTH. New
York: Cayuga Island, N shore facing Cayuga Creek. Wet, grassy
verge, open, with Stachys hispida, Teucrium canadense, Scutellaria galericulata,
Impatiens biflora, Cornus amomum. P. M. Eckel 8911157 Sept. 8, 1988(BUF). Ontario: City of Fort Erie. Weedy
curbside in restaurant complex beside the margin of the Niagara River.P. M.
Eckel 8911158 Sept. 15, 1988 (BUF).
Reported as rare in the Niagara Frontier
Region by Zander and Pierce (1979).
*Amaranthus retroflexus L. PIGWEED, REDROOT AMARANTH.
"Roadsides on the mainland," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria
Park, Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). "... an
undesirable weed in the fields and cultivated areas of the Parks,"
Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Artpark by the Niagara River, Lewiston, Eckel 8703228 (BUF). Ontario: Dufferin
Islands, weedy margins, with Polygonum lapathifolium and other
weedy species. Eckel &
Eckel, Oct. 9, 1987 (BUF).