PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis pilosa (Indian lovegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Indian lovegrass

Symbol:

ERPI2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		I

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Photo of Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Manchuria. Usage Requirements.

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Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

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Synonyms:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

ERMU5	Eragrostis multicaulis Steud.
ERPE16	Eragrostis perplexa L.H. Harv.
ERPIP	Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. perplexa (L.H. Harv.) S.D. Koch
ERPIP3	Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. pilosa	lovegrass
POPI8	Poa pilosa L.

Distribution:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.


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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, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (BC, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis

Classification:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

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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 pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. – Indian lovegrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

Indian lovegrass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

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 pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

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Reg. 0

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FACU,FAC

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FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.

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 40755.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 12:27 PM MDT