PLANTS Profile for Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Lolium perenne L.
perennial ryegrass

Symbol:

LOPE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial
Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Lolium perenne L.

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Distribution:
Lolium perenne L.


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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Lolium perenne L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Lolium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
Italian ryegrass

Lolium perenne ssp. perenne
perennial ryegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lolium perenne 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	Lolium L. – ryegrass
Species	Lolium perenne L. – perennial ryegrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Lolium perenne L.

Lolium multiflorum [=LOPEM2]
Italian ryegrass
annual ryegrass
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
Italian ryegrass
annual ryegrass

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

Cal-IPC		California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Lolium perenne L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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