PLANTS Profile for Digitaria hitchcockii (shortleaf crabgrass)

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Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert
shortleaf crabgrass

Symbol:

DIHI3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
VI		N

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Line Drawing of Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert

Trichachne hitchcockii

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert

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Synonyms:
Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert

TRHI7

Trichachne hitchcockii (Chase) Chase

Distribution:
Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert


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USA (TX), USA+ (VI)

Related Taxa:
Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Digitaria

Classification:
Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert

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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	Digitaria Haller – crabgrass
Species	Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert – shortleaf crabgrass

More Accounts and Images:
Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40633.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 12:59 PM CDT