PLANTS Profile for Aristida basiramea (forked threeawn)

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PLANTS Profile

Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey
forked threeawn

Symbol:

ARBA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey

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Distribution:
Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey


View Native Status

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USA (AL, CO, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NE, NH, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 38 species in Aristida

Classification:
Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey

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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	Aristida L. – threeawn
Species	Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey – forked threeawn

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey

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.

Maine:
branching needle-grass		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41412.

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

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 07:11 PM CDT