PLANTS Profile for Coelorachis rugosa (wrinkled jointtail grass)

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Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash
wrinkled jointtail grass

Symbol:

CORU3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

Manisuris rugosa

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Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

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Synonyms:
Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

	MARU5	Manisuris rugosa (Nutt.) Kuntze
	MNRU2	Mnesithea rugosa (Nutt.) Koning & Sosef

Distribution:
Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Coelorachis

Classification:
Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

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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	Coelorachis Brongn. – jointtail grass
Species	Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash – wrinkled jointtail grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

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.

Maryland:
wrinkled jointgrass		Endangered
New Jersey:
wrinkled jointgrass		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash

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 41582.

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