PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis pectinacea (tufted lovegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
tufted lovegrass

Symbol:

ERPE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 241. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

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Distribution:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Eragrostis pectinacea var. miserrima
desert lovegrass

Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
tufted lovegrass

Eragrostis pectinacea var. tracyi
Sanibel Island lovegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

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	Eragrostis von Wolf – lovegrass
Species	Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. – tufted lovegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Florida:
Eragrostis tracyi [=ERPET3]
Sanibel lovegrass		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

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.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

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 40723.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 03:41 PM MDT