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Eastern Agricultural Complex
The term Eastern Agricultural Complex refers to the group of plants that originally formed the basis of agriculture in the eastern regions of North America north of Mexico. These plants included squash (Cucurbita pepo) as well as the lesser-known little barley (Hordeum pusillum), goosefoot or lambsquarter (Chenopodium berlandieri), erect knotweed (Polygonum erectum), maygrass (Phalaris caroliniana) sumpweed or marshelder (Iva annua), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus).
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