PLANTS Profile for Anthoxanthum monticola ssp. alpinum (alpine sweetgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng
alpine sweetgrass

Symbol:

ANMOA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

Hierochloe alpina

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

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Synonyms:
Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

HIAL3	Hierochloe alpina (Sw. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult.	alpine sweetgrass
HIALA	Hierochloe alpina (Sw. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. alpina	alpine sweetgrass
HIOD2	Hierochloe odorata auct. non (L.) P. Beauv. p.p.
SAAL14	Savastana alpina (Sw. ex Willd.) Scribn.

Distribution:
Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, ME, MT, NH, NY, VT), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Anthoxanthum, 2 subspecies in Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp

Classification:
Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

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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	Anthoxanthum L. – hornwort
Species	Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp – alpine sweetgrass
Subspecies	Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng – alpine sweetgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

Maine:
Hierochloe alpina
alpine sweet-grass		Threatened
Vermont:
Hierochloe alpina
alpine sweet-grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Anthoxanthum monticola (Bigelow) Veldkamp ssp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 01:30 PM MDT