PLANTS Profile for Panicum amarum var. amarulum (coastal panicgrass)

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Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer
coastal panicgrass

Symbol:

PAAMA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Panicum amarulum

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Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

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Synonyms:
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

	PAAM6	Panicum amarulum Hitchc. & Chase
	PAAMA4	Panicum amarum Elliott ssp. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) Freckmann & Lelong

Distribution:
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer


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

Related Taxa:
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Panicum, 2 varieties in Panicum amarum Elliott

Classification:
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

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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
Variety	Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer – coastal panicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized 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:
Panicum amarum
panic grass		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
southern sea-beach panic-grass		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Panicum amarum
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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

Panicum amarum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FAC

FACU-

FAC

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 538219.

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