PLANTS Profile for Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)

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Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
blue grama

Symbol:

BOGR2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

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Synonyms:
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

	BOGRS	Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths var. stricta (Vasey) Hitchc.
	BOOL	Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. ex A. Gray
	CHGR15	Chondrosum gracile Willd. ex Kunth
	CHOL5	Chondrosum oligostachyum (Nutt.) Torr.

Distribution:
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 25 species in Bouteloua

Classification:
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

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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	Bouteloua Lag. – grama
Species	Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths – blue grama

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
blue grama		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 41493.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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Time Generated: 09/17/2008 06:31 AM MDT