PLANTS Profile for Gymnopogon ambiguus (bearded skeletongrass)

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Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
bearded skeletongrass

Symbol:

GYAM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 226. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Distribution:
Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Gymnopogon

Classification:
Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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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	Gymnopogon P. Beauv. – skeletongrass
Species	Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – bearded skeletongrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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.

Indiana:
broadleaf beardgrass		Extirpated
Kentucky:
bearded skeleton grass		Special Concern
Ohio:
beardgrass		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
broad-leaved beardgrass		Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41749.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 07:11 AM MDT