PLANTS Profile for Ctenium aromaticum (toothache grass)

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Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood
toothache grass

Symbol:

CTAR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

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Synonyms:
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

CAAR31

Campulosus aromaticus (Walter) Scribn.

Distribution:
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Ctenium

Classification:
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

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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	Ctenium Panzer – toothache grass
Species	Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood – toothache grass

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

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FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41607.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 12:34 PM CST