PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis curvula (weeping lovegrass)

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Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
weeping lovegrass

Symbol:

ERCU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I


Common Names:
	Boer love grass

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Photo of Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Eragrostis chloromelas

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. South Africa. Usage Requirements.

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Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

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Synonyms:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

ERCH2	Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
ERCUC2	Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Stapf
ERCUC4	Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula	weeping lovegrass
ERRO9	Eragrostis robusta Stent

Distribution:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis

Classification:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

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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	Eragrostis von Wolf – lovegrass
Species	Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees – weeping lovegrass

Introduced Information:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Gee	Low
Yarrow								Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Ardmore.

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502340.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

FAO-Grassland Index

IN-Purdue Center for New Crops & Plant Products

NC-Plant Fact Sheets

OK-Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery

OK-Oklahoma Forages

TN-Southern Appalachian Information Network

TNC-The Invasive Species Initiative

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

Victoria - Natural Resources & Environment: Landcare Notes

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 01:32 PM MDT