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Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila
yellow foxtail

       
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Photo of Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila
Setaria glauca

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

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Synonyms:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

  CHGL12 Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn.
  CHLU3 Chaetochloa lutescens (Weigel) Stuntz
  PAGL5 Panicum glaucum L.
  SEGL2 Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv.
  SEGL8 Setaria glauca sensu Vickery
  SELU4 Setaria lutescens (Weigel) F.T. Hubbard
 

Distribution:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Setaria, 2 subspecies in Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
 

Classification:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

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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 Setaria P. Beauv. – bristlegrass
Species Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. – yellow foxtail
Subspecies Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila – yellow foxtail
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

Setaria glauca
pearl millet
pigeongrass
wild millet
yellow bristlegrass
yellow foxtail
Setaria pumila
cattail grass
smooth millet

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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

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:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

Setaria glauca:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FAC FAC FAC FACU FAC FAC FAC FACU FAC FAC NO NI FAC*
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

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:
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pumila

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