PLANTS Profile for Chasmanthium laxum (slender woodoats)

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Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates
slender woodoats

Symbol:

CHLA6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

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Synonyms:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

UNLA4

Uniola laxa (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Distribution:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Chasmanthium

Classification:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

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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	Chasmanthium Link – woodoats
Species	Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates – slender woodoats

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

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.

New York:
slender spikegrass		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
slender sea-oats		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 4

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC

FACW-

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

	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	Minor						Minor

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:
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates

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 41548.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/03/2008 11:27 PM MDT