PLANTS Profile for Echinochloa frumentacea (billion-dollar grass)

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Echinochloa frumentacea Link
billion-dollar grass

Symbol:

ECFR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Echinochloa frumentacea Link

Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea

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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Images:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

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Synonyms:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

	ECCRE2	Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. edulis Hitchc.
	ECCRF	Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. frumentacea (Roxb.) W. Wight
	PAFR4	Panicum frumentaceum Roxb., non Salisb.

Distribution:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 20 species in Echinochloa

Classification:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

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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	Echinochloa P. Beauv. – cockspur grass
Species	Echinochloa frumentacea Link – billion-dollar grass

Introduced Information:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

Wildlife Habitat Values

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Echinochloa frumentacea Link

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 502211.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 01:53 AM MDT