• Habitat: Dry woods meadows and fields, shoreslines, disturbed areas and roadsides
• Native/Non-native: Native to central North America. It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable. It can now be found in several countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
• Jerusalem artichoke has no relationship to Jerusalem, nor is it a type of artichoke.