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

   
Symbol: CAGI3
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
L48    N



Photograph of Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.
Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, OK, Orienta.
 
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Synonyms:
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.

  CAGI2 Calamagrostis gigantea Nutt.
 

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

Distributional Map for Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.
Distribution Map Legend

Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr. distribution:
USA (AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX, UT

 

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

338 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Calamovilfa
 

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

     
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
 

 

 
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