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Chloris virgata Sw.
feather fingergrass

       
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Photo of Chloris virgata Sw.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Manchuria. Usage Requirements.
 
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Chloris virgata Sw.

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Distribution:
Chloris virgata Sw.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT)
 

Related Taxa:
Chloris virgata Sw.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 25 species in Chloris
 

Classification:
Chloris virgata Sw.

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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 Chloris Sw. – windmill grass
Species Chloris virgata Sw. – feather fingergrass
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Chloris virgata Sw.

feather fingergrass

This plant 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.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Chloris virgata Sw.

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:
Chloris virgata Sw.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 41558.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Chloris virgata Sw.

Arizona: abstract & image of feather fingergrass (Chloris virgata)

University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii

University of Hawaii Campus Plants: images

 
 
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