PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis pectinacea var. miserrima (desert lovegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder
desert lovegrass

Symbol:

ERPEM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

Eragrostis arida

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 pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

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Synonyms:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

	ERAR	Eragrostis arida Hitchc.
	ERTE3	Eragrostis tephrosanthos Schult.

Distribution:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, NM, NY, OH, TX, UT), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis, 3 varieties in Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

Classification:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

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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 pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. – tufted lovegrass
Variety	Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder – desert lovegrass

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

Eragrostis pectinacea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527899.

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

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 05:03 AM MST