PLANTS Profile for Paspalum setaceum (thin paspalum)

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Paspalum setaceum Michx.
thin paspalum

Symbol:

PASE5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
CAN		N

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Paspalum setaceum Michx.

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Synonyms:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

	PABU3	Paspalum bushii Nash
	PACI6	Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx.
	PACIM	Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx. var. muehlenbergii (Nash) Fernald
	PACIS	Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx. var. stramineum (Nash) Fernald
	PADE13	Paspalum debile Michx.
	PALO5	Paspalum longepedunculatum Leconte
	PAMU8	Paspalum muehlenbergii Nash
	PAPR8	Paspalum propinquum Nash
	PAPS2	Paspalum psammophilum Nash
	PAPU8	Paspalum pubescens Muhl. ex Willd.
	PARI6	Paspalum rigidifolium Nash
	PASE4	Paspalum separatum Shinners
	PASEC	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. calvescens Fernald
	PASEC2	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. ciliatifolium (Michx.) Vasey
	PASEL	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. longepedunculatum (Leconte) Alph. Wood
	PASEM	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. muehlenbergii (Nash) D. Banks
	PASEP	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. psammophilum (Nash) D. Banks
	PASER	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. rigidifolium (Nash) D. Banks
	PASES	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. stramineum (Nash) D. Banks
	PASES2	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. supinum (Bosc ex Poir.) Trin.
	PASEV	Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. villosissimum (Nash) D. Banks
	PAST7	Paspalum stramineum Nash
	PASU5	Paspalum supinum Bosc ex Poir.

Distribution:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Paspalum

Classification:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

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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	Paspalum L. – crowngrass
Species	Paspalum setaceum Michx. – thin paspalum

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Connecticut:
Paspalum setaceum var. psammophilum
bead grass		Special Concern
New York:
slender beadgrass		Threatened
Paspalum setaceum var. psammophilum
slender beadgrass		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Paspalum setaceum var. psammophilum
tufted beard-grass		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

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

UPL,FAC

FACU+

FAC

UPL*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller			Low				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Paspalum setaceum Michx.

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 41042.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 10:44 AM MST