PLANTS Profile for Calamovilfa longifolia (prairie sandreed)

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Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.
prairie sandreed

Symbol:

CALO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

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Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

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Distribution:
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.


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USA (CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, PA, SD, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Calamovilfa or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Calamovilfa longifolia var. longifolia
prairie sandreed

Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna
prairie sandreed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

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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	Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southworth – sandreed
Species	Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn. – prairie sandreed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

The related entity italicized and indented below 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.

Wisconsin:
Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna
sand reed-grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

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

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 41539.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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

Related Web Sites:
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.

Canada-Agriculture-Grass Identification

Canada-Saskatchewan-Rangeland Ecosystems and Plants

KS-Kansas Forage Web Site

KS-Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses

UK-World Grass Species Descriptions (Kew)

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 10:07 AM MST