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Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás
northern sweetgrass
       
Symbol:   HIHI  
Group:   Monocot  
Family:   Poaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Graminoid  
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    N



 
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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 338 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:
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.

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Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás

Canada-Evergreen Native Plant Database
 
 
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