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Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl
grass-like fimbry

       
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Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

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Synonyms:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

  SCMI9 Scirpus miliaceus L.
 

Distribution:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

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Related Taxa:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Fimbristylis
 

Classification:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

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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 Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus Fimbristylis Vahl – fimbry
Species Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl – grass-like fimbry
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

grasslike fimbry

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL NI OBL NO NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO OBL OBL
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More Accounts and Images:
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40115.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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