PLANTS Profile for Echinochloa walteri (coast cockspur grass)

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Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller
coast cockspur grass

Symbol:

ECWA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
CAN		N

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Photo of Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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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Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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Synonyms:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

	ECWAL	Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller var. laevigata (Wiegand) S.R. Hill
	PAWA3	Panicum walteri Pursh

Distribution:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 20 species in Echinochloa

Classification:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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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	Echinochloa P. Beauv. – cockspur grass
Species	Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller – coast cockspur grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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.

Pennsylvania:
Walter's barnyard-grass		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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FACW+,OBL

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller

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 species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40669.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 10:45 PM CST