PLANTS Profile for Fimbristylis puberula (hairy fimbry)

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PLANTS Profile

Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl
hairy fimbry

Symbol:

FIPU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Distribution:
Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl


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USA (AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Fimbristylis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Fimbristylis puberula var. interior
hairy fimbry

Fimbristylis puberula var. puberula
hairy fimbry

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl

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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	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Fimbristylis Vahl – fimbry
Species	Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl – hairy fimbry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are 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.

Indiana:
Carolina fimbry		Endangered
Kentucky:
hairy fimbristylis		Threatened
Michigan:
chestnut sedge		Probably Extirpated
Minnesota:
Fimbristylis puberula var. interior
hairy fimbristylis		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
hairy fimbry		Extirpated
Tennessee:
hairy fimbristylis		Threatened
Wisconsin:
hairy fimbristylis		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl

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

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40117.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 06:54 PM MDT