PLANTS Profile for Calamagrostis purpurascens var. purpurascens (purple reedgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens
purple reedgrass

Symbol:

CAPUP7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens

Deschampsia congestiformis

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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Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens

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Synonyms:
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens

CALE21	Calamagrostis lepageana Louis-Marie
CAMA27	Calamagrostis maltei (Polunin) Á. Löve & D. Löve
CAPUM	Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. ssp. maltei (Polunin) A.E. Porsild
CAPUM2	Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. maltei Polunin
CAYU2	Calamagrostis yukonensis Nash
DECO	Deschampsia congestiformis Booth	Montana hairgrass

Distribution:
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Calamagrostis, 1 varieties in Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br.

Classification:
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens

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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	Calamagrostis Adans. – reedgrass
Species	Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. – purple reedgrass
Variety	Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens – purple reedgrass

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 06:54 PM CDT