PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis pectinacea var. tracyi (Sanibel Island lovegrass)

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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson
Sanibel Island lovegrass

Symbol:

ERPET3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

Eragrostis tracyi

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. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

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Synonyms:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

ERTR

Eragrostis tracyi Hitchc.

Distribution:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson


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USA (FL)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis, 3 varieties in Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

Classification:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

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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. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson – Sanibel Island lovegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

The synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Florida:
Eragrostis tracyi
Sanibel lovegrass		Endangered

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.

Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

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. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson

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 566236.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 04:40 PM CDT