PLANTS Profile for Eriochloa villosa (hairy cupgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth
hairy cupgrass

Symbol:

ERVI3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Echo. Usage Requirements.

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Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

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Synonyms:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

PAVI10

Paspalum villosum Thunb.

Distribution:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CO, FL, IA, IL, KS, MN, MO, MS, NE, OR, PA, WI)

Related Taxa:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 15 species in Eriochloa

Classification:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

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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	Eriochloa Kunth – cupgrass
Species	Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth – hairy cupgrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

woolly cupgrass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

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:
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth

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 41723.

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

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:31 AM CDT