PLANTS Profile for Sisyrinchium fuscatum (coastal plain blue-eyed grass)

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Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell
coastal plain blue-eyed grass

Symbol:

SIFU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

Sisyrinchium arenicola

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 544. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

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Synonyms:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

	SIAR2	Sisyrinchium arenicola E.P. Bicknell
	SIIN16	Sisyrinchium incrustatum E.P. Bicknell
	SIRU4	Sisyrinchium rufipes E.P. Bicknell

Distribution:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell


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USA (AL, CT, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA), CAN (NS)

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

View 29 genera in Iridaceae, 41 species in Sisyrinchium

Classification:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass
Species	Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell – coastal plain blue-eyed grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

This plant and synonym 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.

Maryland:
sand blueeyed-grass		Endangered, Extirpated
Massachusetts:
sandplain blue-eyed grass		Special Concern
Pennsylvania:
Sisyrinchium arenicola
sand blue-eyed grass		Extirpated
Rhode Island:
sandplain blue-eyed grass		Historical

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

Sisyrinchium arenicola:

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

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505244.

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

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 08:41 AM MDT