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Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás
northern sweetgrass

       
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Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

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Distribution:
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Hierochloe or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás ssp. arctica (J. Presl) G. Weim.. .
Hierochloe hirta ssp. arctica
northern sweetgrass
Distribution of Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás ssp. hirta (Schrank) Borbás [excluded]. .
Hierochloe hirta ssp. hirta
northern sweetgrass
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

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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 Hierochloe R. Br. – sweetgrass
Species Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás – northern sweetgrass
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

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
FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW NO NO NI NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40859.

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

 

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Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

Canada-Evergreen Native Plant Database

 
 
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