PLANTS Profile for Pleuropogon oregonus (Oregon semaphoregrass)

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Pleuropogon oregonus Chase
Oregon semaphoregrass

Symbol:

PLOR3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

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Synonyms:
Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

LOOR4

Lophochlaena oregona (Chase) But

Distribution:
Pleuropogon oregonus Chase


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USA (OR)

Related Taxa:
Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Pleuropogon

Classification:
Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

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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	Pleuropogon R. Br. – semaphoregrass
Species	Pleuropogon oregonus Chase – Oregon semaphoregrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

This plant is 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.

Oregon:
Oregon semaphoregrass		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Pleuropogon oregonus Chase

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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 42030.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 08:32 PM CDT