PLANTS Profile for Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum (sortbeard plumegrass)

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Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster
sortbeard plumegrass

Symbol:

SABRC3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

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Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

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Synonyms:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

	ERCO2	Erianthus contortus Elliot
	SACO26	Saccharum contortum (Elliot) Nutt.

Distribution:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Saccharum, 2 varieties in Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers.

Classification:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

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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 brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. – shortbeard plumegrass
Variety	Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster – sortbeard plumegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

The synonyms 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:
Erianthus contortus
bent-awn plumegrass		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

Erianthus contortus:

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

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Elliot) R. Webster

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531431.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 09:29 AM MST