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Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash
slender Indiangrass

       
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Line Drawing of Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 120. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

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Synonyms:
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

  CHEL4 Chrysopogon elliottii C. Mohr
  SOAP Sorghastrum apalachicolense D.W. Hall
 

Distribution:
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Sorghastrum
 

Classification:
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

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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 Sorghastrum Nash – Indiangrass
Species Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash – slender Indiangrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

This plant is 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.

Maryland:
long-bristled Indian-grass              Endangered
 

More Accounts and Images:
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash

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 42101.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:13 AM MDT