PLANTS Profile for Sisyrinchium montanum (strict blue-eyed grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Sisyrinchium montanum Greene
strict blue-eyed grass

Symbol:

SIMO2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Sisyrinchium montanum Greene

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Distribution:
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene


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USA (AK, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene

View 28 genera in Iridaceae, 42 species in Sisyrinchium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Sisyrinchium montanum Greene var. crebrum Fernald. .

Sisyrinchium montanum var. crebrum
strict blue-eyed grass

Distribution of Sisyrinchium montanum Greene var. montanum. . Image Available.

Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum
strict blue-eyed grass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass
Species	Sisyrinchium montanum Greene – strict blue-eyed grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene

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.

Illinois:
blue-eyed grass		Endangered
Indiana:
strict blue-eyed-grass		Endangered
New Jersey:
strict blue-eyed grass		Endangered
Ohio:
northern blue-eyed-grass		Endangered
Washington:
strict blue-eyed-grass		Sensitive

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Sisyrinchium montanum Greene

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FAC

FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FACW

FAC-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43269.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 09:57 PM CDT