PLANTS Profile for Calamovilfa gigantea (giant sandreed)

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PLANTS Profile

Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.
giant sandreed

Symbol:

CAGI3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Graminoid

L48

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Synonyms:
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.

CAGI2

Calamagrostis gigantea Nutt.

Distribution:
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.


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USA (AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Calamovilfa

Classification:
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.

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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	Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southworth – sandreed
Species	Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr. – giant sandreed

More Accounts and Images:
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.

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 41538.

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

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

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Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 10:35 AM MST