PLANTS Profile for Melica nitens (threeflower melicgrass)

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Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper
threeflower melicgrass

Symbol:

MENI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 246. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper

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Distribution:
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MN, MO, NC, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Melica

Classification:
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper

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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	Melica L. – melicgrass
Species	Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper – threeflower melicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper

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.

Indiana:
three-flower melic grass		Threatened
Maryland:
three-flowered melicgrass		Threatened
Minnesota:
three-flowered melic		Threatened
Ohio:
three-flowered melic		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
three-flowered meltic-grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper

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 41859.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 04:46 AM MDT