PLANTS Profile for Trisetum spicatum (spike trisetum)

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Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.
spike trisetum

Symbol:

TRSP2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N


Common Names:
	northern oat grass

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Photo of Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

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Synonyms:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

	AISP	Aira spicata L.
	TRMO21	Trisetum molle Kunth
	TRMO5	Trisetum montanum Vasey
	TRMOS	Trisetum montanum Vasey var. shearii Louis-Marie
	TRSPA	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. ssp. alaskanum (Nash) Hultén
	TRSPC	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. ssp. congdonii (Scribn. & Merr.) Hultén
	TRSPM2	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. ssp. majus (Rydb.) Hultén
	TRSPM3	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. ssp. molle (Kunth) Hultén
	TRSPM4	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. ssp. montanum (Vasey) W. Weber
	TRSPP4	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. ssp. pilosiglume (Fernald) Hultén
	TRSPA2	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. alaskanum (Nash) Malte ex Louis-Marie
	TRSPC2	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. congdonii (Scribn. & Merr.) Hitchc.
	TRSPM	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. maidenii (Gandog.) Fernald
	TRSPM5	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. majus (Rydb.) Farw.
	TRSPM6	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. molle (Kunth) Beal
	TRSPP	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. pilosiglume Fernald
	TRSPS2	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. spicatiforme Hultén
	TRSPV	Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. villosissimum (Lange) Louis-Marie
	TRSU9	Trisetum subspicatum (L.) P. Beauv.
	TRTR4	Trisetum triflorum (Bigelow) A. Löve & D. Löve
	TRTRM	Trisetum triflorum (Bigelow) A. Löve & D. Löve ssp. molle (Kunth) A. Löve & D. Löve
	TRVI10	Trisetum villosissimum (Lange) Louis-Marie

Distribution:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Trisetum

Classification:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

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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 spicatum (L.) K. Richt. – spike trisetum

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Connecticut:
Trisetum spicatum var. molle
spiked false oats		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
Trisetum triflorum ssp. molle
spiked false-oats		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Trisetum spicatum var. pilosiglume
narrow false oats		Endangered
North Carolina:
Trisetum spicatum var. molle
soft trisetum		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
narrow false oats		Endangered
Wisconsin:
narrow false oats		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

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Reg. 6

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW-

FACU

UPL

FAC-

FACU

FACW-

FACU-

UPL

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

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 41294.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 04:41 AM MDT