PLANTS Profile for Hilaria belangeri (curly-mesquite)

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Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash
curly-mesquite

Symbol:

HIBE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

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Distribution:
Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Hilaria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri
curly-mesquite

Hilaria belangeri var. longifolia
longleaf curly-mesquite

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Hilaria Kunth – curly-mesquite
Species	Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash – curly-mesquite

More Accounts and Images:
Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41766.

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 07:17 AM MDT