PLANTS Profile for Crypsis schoenoides (swamp pricklegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.
swamp pricklegrass

Symbol:

CRSC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Heleochloa schoenoides

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Omsk. Usage Requirements.

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Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

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Synonyms:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

HESC8

Heleochloa schoenoides (L.) Host ex Roem.

Distribution:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, UT, VT, WI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Crypsis

Classification:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

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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	Crypsis Aiton – pricklegrass
Species	Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam. – swamp pricklegrass

Introduced Information:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU,OBL

FACU

FACW

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 41605.

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

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

Related Web Sites:
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

Weed Science Society of America

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 03:50 PM MDT