PLANTS Profile for Crypsis vaginiflora (modest prickle grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
modest prickle grass

Symbol:

CRVA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	African pricklegrass

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Photo of Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

Crypsis aculeata

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Omsk. Usage Requirements.

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Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

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Synonyms:
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

	CRAC4	Crypsis aculeata auct. non (L.) Aiton
	CRNI3	Crypsis niliacea auct. non Fig. & de Not.

Distribution:
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz


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USA (CA, ID)

Related Taxa:
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Crypsis

Classification:
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

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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	Crypsis Aiton – pricklegrass
Species	Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz – modest prickle grass

Introduced Information:
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

Crypsis niliacea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

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Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 501820.

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

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