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Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell
eastern blue-eyed grass

       
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Photo of Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Synonyms:
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell

  SIAP2 Sisyrinchium apiculatum E.P. Bicknell
  SIMUA Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. var. atlanticum (E.P. Bicknell) H.E. Ahles
 

Distribution:
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI), CAN (NS)
 

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell

View 29 genera in Iridaceae, 41 species in Sisyrinchium
 

Classification:
Sisyrinchium atlanticum 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 atlanticum E.P. Bicknell – eastern blue-eyed grass
 

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

This plant is 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.

Illinois:
blue-eyed grass              Endangered
Michigan:
Atlantic blue-eyed-grass              Threatened
Ohio:
Atlantic blue-eyed-grass              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
eastern blue-eyed grass              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell

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
FACW-,FACW FACW FACW- FACW NO NO FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium atlanticum 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 43251.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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