PLANTS Profile for Vulpia elliotea (squirreltail fescue)

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Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald
squirreltail fescue

Symbol:

VUEL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

Festuca sciurea

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: 270. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

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Synonyms:
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

	FESC3	Festuca sciurea Nutt.
	VUSC	Vulpia sciurea (Nutt.) Henr.		squirreltail fescue

Distribution:
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Vulpia

Classification:
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

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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	Vulpia C.C. Gmel. – fescue
Species	Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald – squirreltail fescue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

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.

New Jersey:
squirrel-tail six-weeks grass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald

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

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

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:15 AM CDT