PLANTS Profile for Rottboellia cochinchinensis (itchgrass)

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Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton
itchgrass

Symbol:

ROCO6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

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Synonyms:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

	AEEX2	Aegilops exaltata L.
	MAEX3	Manisuris exaltata (L.) Kuntze
	ROEX2	Rottboellia exaltata (L.) L. f.

Distribution:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, FL, GA, IN, LA, MS, NC, TX), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Rottboellia

Classification:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

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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	Rottboellia L. f. – itchgrass
Species	Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton – itchgrass

Noxious Weed Information:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

This plant and synonyms italicized 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
itchgrass		Noxious weed
Alabama:
itchgrass		Class A noxious weed
Arkansas:
Rottboellia exaltata
itchgrass		Noxious weed
California:
itchgrass		Quarantine
Florida:
Rottboellia exaltata
itchgrass		Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
itchgrass		Prohibited
Minnesota:
itchgrass		Prohibited noxious weed
Mississippi:
itchgrass		Noxious weed
North Carolina:
itchgrass		Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
itchgrass		Quarantine
South Carolina:
itchgrass, corngrass, raoulgrass		Plant pest
Texas:
itchgrass		Noxious plant
Vermont:
itchgrass		Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

itchgrass
Rottboellia exaltata
itchgrass, raoulgrass

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US		Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

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 species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504836.

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

Related Web Sites:
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton

Invasive Plant Atlas of the Midsouth (IPAMS)

Texas Agricultural Extension Service: Suggestions For Weed Control In Cotton

USFS: Federal noxious weed list with descriptions

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