PLANTS Profile for Xyris montana (northern yelloweyed grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Xyris montana Ries
northern yelloweyed grass

Symbol:

XYMO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Xyridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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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 montana Ries

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Distribution:
Xyris montana Ries


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USA (CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Xyris montana Ries

View 1 genera in Xyridaceae, 28 species in Xyris

Classification:
Xyris montana Ries

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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 montana Ries – northern yelloweyed grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Xyris montana Ries

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.

Connecticut:
northern yellow-eyed grass		Endangered
New Jersey:
northern yellow-eyed-grass		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
yellow-eyed grass		Rare
Rhode Island:
northern yellow-eyed grass		Threatened
Vermont:
northern yellow-eyed grass		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Xyris montana Ries

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 39111.

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

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