PLANTS Profile for Apera interrupta (dense silkybent)

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PLANTS Profile

Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.
dense silkybent

Symbol:

APIN

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

Sheri Hagwood. Bureau of Land Management. United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. June 12, 2007. Usage Requirements.

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Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

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Synonyms:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

AGIN4

Agrostis interrupta L.

Distribution:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MO, MT, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC, ON)

Related Taxa:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Apera

Classification:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

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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	Apera Adans. – silkybent
Species	Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv. – dense silkybent

Introduced Information:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

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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More Accounts and Images:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

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 41398.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv.

Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish)

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:42 PM CDT