PLANTS Profile for Aira elegans (annual silver hairgrass)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Invasive and Noxious Weeds
	Links
	Plant Materials Publications
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists
	PLANTS Posters



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Other NRCS Tech Resources
	VegSpec

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth
annual silver hairgrass

Symbol:

AIEL4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file.

Aira capillaris

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Islamic Republic of Iran. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Aira thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Synonyms:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

	AICA3	Aira capillaris Host, non Savi
	AICAC	Aira caryophyllea L. var. capillaris (Host) Mutel
	AIELA	Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth ssp. ambigua (Arcang.) Holub
	AIEL2	Aira elegantissima Schur
	ASCA23	Aspris capillaris (Host) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA)

Related Taxa:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Aira

Classification:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Aira L. – hairgrass
Species	Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth – annual silver hairgrass

Introduced Information:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

Scientific Name=	A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z \| all
Common Name=	A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z \| all

More Accounts and Images:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 564994.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 03:28 PM MDT