PLANTS Profile for Panicum virgatum var. spissum (switchgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder
switchgrass

Symbol:

PAVIS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder

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Distribution:
Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, MA, MD, ME, NH, NY, PA, RI, VT), CAN (NS, QC)

Related Taxa:
Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Panicum, 2 varieties in Panicum virgatum L.

Classification:
Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder

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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 virgatum L. – switchgrass
Variety	Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder – switchgrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder

Panicum virgatum
switchgrass

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Panicum virgatum:

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

UPL,FACW

FAC

FAC+

FAC

FACW

FAC+

FAC

FACW

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Panicum virgatum L. var. spissum Linder

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529370.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 06:21 AM CDT