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Cenchrus echinatus L.
southern sandbur

       
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Line Drawing of Cenchrus echinatus L.
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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Images:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

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Synonyms:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

  CEECH Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchc.) F. Br.
 

Distribution:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, MS, NC, NM, OK, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 10 species in Cenchrus
 

Classification:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
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 Cenchrus L. – sandbur
Species Cenchrus echinatus L. – southern sandbur
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arizona:
southern sandbur              Prohibited noxious weed
southern sandbur              Regulated noxious weeds
California:
southern sandbur              C list (noxious weeds)
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

burgrass
common sandbur
field sandbur
konpeito-gusa
se mbulabula
vao tui tui

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
HEAR        USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

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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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

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.

Cenchrus echinatus L.

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
FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACU
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

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

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 40575.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Cenchrus echinatus L.

Australia Northern Territories AgNote

CA-California Noxious Weed Index

FL-University of Florida Extension

GU-Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

UT-Utah State Herbarium Description & Key

University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii

 
 
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