PLANTS Profile for Scolochloa festucacea (common rivergrass)

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Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link
common rivergrass

Symbol:

SCFE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 262. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link

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Synonyms:
Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link

	ARFE7	Arundo festucacea Willd.
	FLFE	Fluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link


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USA (AK, IA, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 1 species in Scolochloa

Classification:
Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) 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	Scolochloa Link – rivergrass
Species	Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link – common rivergrass

Wetland Indicator Status:
Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41349.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 07:48 AM MDT