PLANTS Profile for Aira caryophyllea var. caryophyllea (silver hairgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea
silver hairgrass

Symbol:

AICAC2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

Aspris caryophyllea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 214. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

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Synonyms:
Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

ASCA22

Aspris caryophyllea (L.) Nash

Distribution:
Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea


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USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WY), CAN (BC, NS, YT)

Related Taxa:
Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Aira, 3 varieties in Aira caryophyllea L.

Classification:
Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

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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	Aira L. – hairgrass
Species	Aira caryophyllea L. – silver hairgrass
Variety	Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea – silver hairgrass

Introduced Information:
Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

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:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Aira caryophyllea L. var. caryophyllea

Aira caryophyllea:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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