PLANTS Profile for Saccharum ravennae (ravennagrass)

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Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.
ravennagrass

Symbol:

SARA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

Erianthus ravennae

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

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Synonyms:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

	ERRA	Erianthus ravennae (L.) P. Beauv.
	ERRAP2	Erianthus ravennae (L.) P. Beauv. var. purpurascens (Andersson) Hack.

Distribution:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, KS, MD, MI, MO, NM, OH, OK, TN, UT)

Related Taxa:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Saccharum

Classification:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) 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	Saccharum L. – sugarcane
Species	Saccharum ravennae (L.) L. – ravennagrass

Introduced Information:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) 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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

Erianthus ravennae:

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,FACW

UPL

FAC

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration 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 504934.

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

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Related Web Sites:
Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: distribution map

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 06:05 AM MDT