PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis amabilis (Japanese lovegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees
Japanese lovegrass

Symbol:

ERAM7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Line Drawing of Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

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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Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

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Synonyms:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

	ERTE2	Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.		Japanese lovegrass
	POTE11	Poa tenella L.

Distribution:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, MS, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis

Classification:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

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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	Eragrostis von Wolf – lovegrass
Species	Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees – Japanese lovegrass

Introduced Information:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

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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More Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 11:08 PM CDT