PLANTS Profile for Calamagrostis canadensis var. macouniana (Macoun's reedgrass)

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Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins
Macoun's reedgrass

Symbol:

CACAM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

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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Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

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Synonyms:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

CAMA28

Calamagrostis macouniana (Vasey) Vasey

Distribution:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins


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USA (CT, IA, IL, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SD, VA, VT, WI), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Calamagrostis, 3 varieties in Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv.

Classification:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

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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	Calamagrostis Adans. – reedgrass
Species	Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. – bluejoint
Variety	Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins – Macoun's reedgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

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.

Kentucky:
blue-joint reed grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

Calamagrostis canadensis:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527007.

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

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

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 09:27 PM MDT