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Aira caryophyllea L.
silver hairgrass

       
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Photo of Aira caryophyllea L.
©Robert Soreng. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Aira caryophyllea L.

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Distribution:
Aira caryophyllea L.

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

USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WY), CAN (BC, NS, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Aira caryophyllea L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Aira or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea. . Image Available.
Aira caryophyllea var. caryophyllea
silver hairgrass
Distribution of Aira caryophyllea L. var. cupaniana (Guss.) Fiori. .
Aira caryophyllea var. cupaniana
Distribution of Aira caryophyllea L. var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Mathieu. .
Aira caryophyllea var. multiculmis
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Aira caryophyllea L.

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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 Aira L. – hairgrass
Species Aira caryophyllea L. – silver hairgrass
 

Introduced Information:
Aira caryophyllea L.

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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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Aira caryophyllea L.

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACU*
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Aira caryophyllea L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map 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 41376.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/07/2008 11:00 AM MDT