PLANTS Profile for Xyris caroliniana (Carolina yelloweyed grass)

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Xyris caroliniana Walter
Carolina yelloweyed grass

Symbol:

XYCA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Xyridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Line Drawing of Xyris caroliniana Walter

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

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Xyris caroliniana Walter

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Synonyms:
Xyris caroliniana Walter

	XYAR2	Xyris arenicola Small
	XYFL5	Xyris flexuosa Muhl. ex Elliott
	XYPA5	Xyris pallescens (C. Mohr) Small

Distribution:
Xyris caroliniana Walter


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Xyris caroliniana Walter

View 1 genera in Xyridaceae, 28 species in Xyris

Classification:
Xyris caroliniana Walter

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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	Commelinales
Family	Xyridaceae – Yellow-eyed Grass family
Genus	Xyris L. – yelloweyed grass
Species	Xyris caroliniana Walter – Carolina yelloweyed grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Xyris caroliniana Walter

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:
sand yellow-eyed-grass		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Xyris caroliniana Walter

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW+

FACW

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Xyris caroliniana Walter

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39101.

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

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