PLANTS Profile for Calamagrostis pickeringii (Pickering's reedgrass)

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Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray
Pickering's reedgrass

Symbol:

CAPI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 208. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

CAPID

Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray var. debilis (Kearney) Fernald & Wiegand

Distribution:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray


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USA (MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, VT), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Calamagrostis

Classification:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

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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	Calamagrostis Adans. – reedgrass
Species	Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray – Pickering's reedgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

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:
Pickering's reed bent-grass		Threatened
Massachusetts:
reed bentgrass		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Pickering's reed bent-grass		Threatened
New Jersey:
Pickering''s reed grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

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More Accounts and Images:
Calamagrostis pickeringii A. Gray

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 40539.

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

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 01:54 AM MDT