PLANTS Profile for Ventenata dubia (North Africa grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.
North Africa grass

Symbol:

VEDU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

Synonyms:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.

	AVDU	Avena dubia Leers
	VEAV	Ventenata avenacea Koeler

Distribution:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, ID, ME, MT, NY, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 1 species in Ventenata

Classification:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Ventenata Koeler – North Africa grass
Species	Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss. – North Africa grass

U.S. Weed Information:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.

North Africa grass
ventenata

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.

WSWS

Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.

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 42259.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 07:26 AM MDT