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Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray
Porter's reedgrass

       
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Line Drawing of Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 208. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

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Distribution:
Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

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USA (AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Calamagrostis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray ssp. insperata (Swallen) C.W. Greene. . Image Available.
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata
Porter's reedgrass
Distribution of Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray ssp. porteri. .
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
Porter's reedgrass
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Classification:
Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

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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 porteri A. Gray – Porter's reedgrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

This plant and the related entities 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.

Arkansas:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata
Porter's reedgrass              Endangered
Illinois:
Calamagrostis insperata [=CAPOI]
bluejoint grass              Endangered
Indiana:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata
reed bent grass              Threatened
Kentucky:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata
reed bent grass              Endangered
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
Porter's reed grass              Threatened
Maryland:
Porter's reedgrass              Endangered
New York:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
Porter's reedgrass              Endangered
Ohio:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata
Bartley's reed grass              Endangered
Tennessee:
Porter's reedgrass              Endangered
 

More Accounts and Images:
Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

View species account and distribution map 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 40562.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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