PLANTS Profile for Sacciolepis striata (American cupscale)

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Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash
American cupscale

Symbol:

SAST

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Panicum aquaticum

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Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

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Synonyms:
Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

	HOST4	Holcus striatus L.
	PAAQ	Panicum aquaticum Bosc ex Spreng., non Poir.

Distribution:
Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Sacciolepis

Classification:
Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

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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	Sacciolepis Nash – cupscale grass
Species	Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash – American cupscale

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

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.

Maryland:
sacciolepis		Endangered
New Jersey:
American cupscale		Endangered
Tennessee:
gibbous panic-grass		Special Concern

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41227.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 04:33 AM CST