PLANTS Profile for Trisetum melicoides (purple false oat)

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Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.
purple false oat

Symbol:

TRME3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

Graphephorum melicoides

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 262. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

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Synonyms:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

	GRME2	Graphephorum melicoides (Michx.) Desv.
	TRMEM	Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn. var. majus (A. Gray) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.


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USA (ME, MI, NH, NY, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Trisetum

Classification:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

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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	Trisetum Pers. – oatgrass
Species	Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn. – purple false oat

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
purple false-oats		Endangered
New York:
melic-oats		Endangered
Wisconsin:
purple false oats		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC*

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey ex Scribn.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41306.

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

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

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 05:47 PM MDT