PLANTS Profile for Puccinellia pumila (dwarf alkaligrass)

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Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.
dwarf alkaligrass

Symbol:

PUPU3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

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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Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

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Synonyms:
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

PUKU

Puccinellia kurilensis auct. non (Takeda) Honda p.p.

Distribution:
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.


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USA (AK, CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 31 species in Puccinellia

Classification:
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

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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	Puccinellia Parl. – alkaligrass
Species	Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc. – dwarf alkaligrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

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.

Rhode Island:
goosegrass		Historical

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,FACW+

FACW

FACW+

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) Hitchc.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41193.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 06:12 PM CDT