PLANTS Profile for Digitaria ciliaris (southern crabgrass)

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Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler
southern crabgrass

Symbol:

DICI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N

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Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

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Synonyms:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

	DIAD3	Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henr.
	DISAC	Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. var. ciliaris (Retz.) Parl.
	DISAM2	Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. var. marginata (Link) Fernald
	DISAR3	Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. var. rhachiseta (Henr.) B. Boivin
	PAAD4	Panicum adscendens Kunth
	PACI5	Panicum ciliare Retz.
	SYMA3	Syntherisma marginata (Link) Nash

Distribution:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Digitaria

Classification:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

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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	Digitaria Haller – crabgrass
Species	Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler – southern crabgrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

Henry's crabgrass
fingergrass
kukaepua'a
saulangi
smooth crabgrass
tropical crabgrass

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:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

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Reg. 0

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FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

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 40619.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 01:18 PM MDT