Cannabaceae (weeds)

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Cannabis sativa (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Hermann Adolph Köhler
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Cannabaceae (weeds) - (hemp family)

This family contains around 100 specis of herbs, trees and climbing plants. Several are important crops like hop or industrial hemp, but some are invasive and weedy. For example Humulus scandens (Japanese hop) is native to eastern Asia, but invasive in North America and Europe.

The following weed species are currently entered under this family:

• Cannabis sativa (weed)
• Humulus scandens (weed)