PLANTS Profile for Calamagrostis cainii (Cain's reedgrass)

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Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.
Cain's reedgrass

Symbol:

CACA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.

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Distribution:
Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.


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USA (NC, TN)

Related Taxa:
Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Calamagrostis

Classification:
Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.

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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	Calamagrostis Adans. – reedgrass
Species	Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc. – Cain's reedgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.

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.

North Carolina:
Cain's reed grass		Endangered
Tennessee:
Cain's reedgrass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Calamagrostis cainii Hitchc.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40535.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 01:47 PM MDT