PLANTS Profile for Panicum amarum (bitter panicgrass)

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Panicum amarum Elliott
bitter panicgrass

Symbol:

PAAM2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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USDA NRCS Brooksville PMC. Usage Requirements.

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Panicum amarum Elliott

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Distribution:
Panicum amarum Elliott


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USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Panicum amarum Elliott

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Panicum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer. . Image Available.

Panicum amarum var. amarulum
coastal panicgrass

Distribution of Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarum. .

Panicum amarum var. amarum
bitter panicgrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Panicum amarum Elliott

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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	Panicum L. – panicgrass
Species	Panicum amarum Elliott – bitter panicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Panicum amarum Elliott

This plant and the related entityitalicized 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.

Connecticut:
panic grass		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Panicum amarum var. amarulum
southern sea-beach panic-grass		Endangered
Rhode Island:
panic-grass		Special Concern

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Panicum amarum Elliott

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Panicum amarum Elliott

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

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 40903.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:16 PM CST