PLANTS Profile for Sagittaria graminea var. graminea (grassy arrowhead)

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Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea
grassy arrowhead

Symbol:

SAGRG

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Alismataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

Sagittaria eatonii

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 103. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

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Synonyms:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

	SACY5	Sagittaria cycloptera (J.G. Sm.) C. Mohr
	SAEA3	Sagittaria eatonii J.G. Sm.

Distribution:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

View 5 genera in Alismataceae, 28 species in Sagittaria, 3 varieties in Sagittaria graminea Michx.

Classification:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Alismatales
Family	Alismataceae – Water-plantain family
Genus	Sagittaria L. – arrowhead
Species	Sagittaria graminea Michx. – grassy arrowhead
Variety	Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea – grassy arrowhead

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

The related entities italicized 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.

Kentucky:
Sagittaria graminea
grass-leaf arrowhead		Threatened
Ohio:
Sagittaria graminea
grass-leaf arrowhead		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Sagittaria graminea
grass-leaved arrowhead		Special Concern
Tennessee:
Sagittaria graminea
grassleaf arrowhead		Threatened

Noxious Weed Information:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

The related entities italicized and indented above 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Washington:
Sagittaria graminea
grass-leaved arrowhead		Class B noxious weed
grass-leaved arrowhead		Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine

U.S. Weed Information:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

Sagittaria graminea
grassy arrowhead

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.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
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.

Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

Sagittaria graminea:

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

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. graminea

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182445.

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

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