PLANTS Profile for Panicum obtusum (vine mesquite)

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Panicum obtusum Kunth
vine mesquite

Symbol:

PAOB

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Panicum obtusum Kunth

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Synonyms:
Panicum obtusum Kunth

HOOB4

Hopia obtusa (Kunth) Zuloaga & Morrone

Distribution:
Panicum obtusum Kunth


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, IL, KS, MO, NM, OK, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Panicum obtusum Kunth

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Panicum

Classification:
Panicum obtusum 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	Panicum L. – panicgrass
Species	Panicum obtusum Kunth – vine mesquite

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACW

FAC+

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Panicum obtusum Kunth

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 40947.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 08:12 PM CDT