PLANTS Profile for Thinopyrum pycnanthum (tick quackgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth
tick quackgrass

Symbol:

THPY4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

Agropyron littorale

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. France. Usage Requirements.

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Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

	AGCA13	Agropyron campestre Gren. & Godr.
	AGLI81	Agropyron littorale auct. non (Host) Durand
	AGPU3	Agropyron pungens auct. non (Pers.) Roem. & Schult.
	AGPUA	Agropyron pungens (Pers.) Roem. & Schult. var. acadiense (F.T. Hubbard) Fernald
	AGPY80	Agropyron pycnanthum (Godr.) Gren. & Godr.
	ELPU4	Elymus pungens auct. non (Pers.) Melderis
	ELPY80	Elymus pycnanthus (Godr.) Melderis
	ELPU3	Elytrigia pungens auct. non (Pers.) Tutin
	ELPY3	Elytrigia pycnantha (Godr.) A. Löve
	ELPY2	Elytrigia pycnanthes (Godr.) A. Löve, orth. var.
	TRPU12	Triticum pungens auct. non Pers.

Distribution:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth


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USA (MA, ME, NH, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, WA), CAN (AB, NS)

Related Taxa:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Thinopyrum

Classification:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

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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	Thinopyrum A. Löve – wheatgrass
Species	Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth – tick quackgrass

Introduced Information:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

Agropyron pungens:

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Thinopyrum pycnanthum (Godr.) Barkworth

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 565567.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 03:54 PM MDT