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Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.
silver plumegrass

       
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Saccharum alopecuroidum

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Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

  ERAL2 Erianthus alopecuroides (L.) Elliot  
  ERALH Erianthus alopecuroides (L.) Elliot var. hirsutis Nash  
  ERDI11 Erianthus divaricatus (L.) Hitchc.  
  ERTR17 Erianthus tracyi Nash  
  SAAL9 Saccharum alopecuroidum (L.) Nutt., orth. var.   silver plumegrass
 

Distribution:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

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USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Saccharum
 

Classification:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

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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 Saccharum L. – sugarcane
Species Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt. – silver plumegrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

The 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.

Ohio:
Saccharum alopecuroidum
silver plume grass              Presumed Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

Erianthus alopecuroides:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FACW- FAC FAC FACU- NO NO FACW- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

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:
Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

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 species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
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