PLANTS Profile for Urochloa ramosa (browntop millet)

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Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen
browntop millet

Symbol:

URRA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	dixie signalgrass

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Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

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Synonyms:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

	BRRA80	Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf		browntop millet
	PARA3	Panicum ramosum L.

Distribution:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Urochloa

Classification:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

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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	Urochloa P. Beauv. – signalgrass
Species	Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen – browntop millet

U.S. Weed Information:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

Brachiaria ramosa
browntop millet
dixie signalgrass

The related entities and synonyms 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.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Panicum ramosum:

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Yarrow					Moderate		Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523031.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 01:21 PM CST