PLANTS Profile for Aristida dichotoma var. curtissii (Curtis' threeawn)

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Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray
Curtis' threeawn

Symbol:

ARDIC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

Aristida curtissii

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: 179. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

	ARBAC	Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey var. curtissii (A. Gray) Shinners
	ARCU3	Aristida curtissii (A. Gray) Nash

Distribution:
Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 38 species in Aristida, 2 varieties in Aristida dichotoma Michx.

Classification:
Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

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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 dichotoma Michx. – churchmouse threeawn
Variety	Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray – Curtis' threeawn

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

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Michigan:
Aristida dichotoma
Shinner's three-awned grass		Probably Extirpated

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

Aristida dichotoma:

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

UPL,FACU

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. curtissii A. Gray

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185304.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 06:00 PM CDT