Landscape Uses:
	Can be used in natural landscapes and for habitat restorations but can be very weedy and difficult to control.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Although short-lived and somewhat untidy, pokeweed can be useful as temporary canopy in hammock restoration projects.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium to large shrub-like herb with purplish red stems.
Height:
	About 4-8 feet in height or sometimes more. Often as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Widespread in North America (including Mexico) south to the Monroe County Keys; introduced and escaped elsewhere. Very rare in the Monroe County Keys and perhaps absent south of Key Largo.
Habitats:
	Forests and disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Pink to white with a green center.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy racemes.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Juicy purple berry.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	A major colonizer of disturbed sites and tree fall gaps. Provides food for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grwon from de-pulped seed.
Comments:
	It recruits readily from seed in the garden. The young shoots are edible when properly cooked, but otherwise the plant can be deadly if eaten.