PLANTS Profile for Fimbristylis annua (annual fimbry)

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Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.
annual fimbry

Symbol:

FIAN

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

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Synonyms:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

	FIAL	Fimbristylis alamosana Fernald
	FIBA	Fimbristylis baldwiniana (Schult.) Torr.
	FILA3	Fimbristylis laxa Vahl
	SCAN8	Scirpus annuus All.

Distribution:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Fimbristylis

Classification:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

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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	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Fimbristylis Vahl – fimbry
Species	Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult. – annual fimbry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

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.

Pennsylvania:
annual fimbry		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACW

FAC

FACW

FACU-

FACW-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40110.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 10:24 PM MDT