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Secale cereale L.
cereal rye

   
Symbol: SECE
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
L48    I
AK    I
CAN    W
GL    W



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©Martin van der Grinten. USDA NRCS Big Flats PMC.
 
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Synonyms:
Secale cereale L.

  SEMO Secale montanum Guss., nom. inq.
  SEST10 Secale strictum (C. Presl) C. Presl
  TRCE5 Triticum cereale (L.) Salisb.
 

Distribution by State:
Secale cereale L.

Distributional Map for Secale cereale L.
Distribution Map Legend

Secale cereale L. distribution:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Secale cereale L.

341 genera in Poaceae, 1 species in Secale
 

Classification:
Secale cereale L.

     
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   Secale L. – rye
Species   Secale cereale L. – cereal rye
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Secale cereale L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Washington:
cereal rye Class C noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Secale cereale L.

cereal rye
common rye

This plant 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.

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.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Introduced Information:
Secale cereale L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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