PLANTS Profile for Tridens flavus var. flavus (purpletop tridens)

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PLANTS Profile

Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus
purpletop tridens

Symbol:

TRFLF

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Photo of Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

Triodia flava

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, OK, Stillwater. Usage Requirements.

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Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

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Synonyms:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

TRFL7

Triodia flava (L.) Smyth

Distribution:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Tridens, 2 varieties in Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc.

Classification:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

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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	Tridens Roem. & Schult. – tridens
Species	Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. – purpletop tridens
Variety	Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus – purpletop tridens

Introduced Information:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

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:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

Tridens flavus:

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

UPL,FACU

FACU*

FACU

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. var. flavus

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530720.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 12:11 AM MDT