PLANTS Profile for Aristida purpurascens var. virgata (arrowfeather threeawn)

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Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred
arrowfeather threeawn

Symbol:

ARPUV

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

Aristida virgata

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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Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

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Synonyms:
Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

ARVI5

Aristida virgata Trin.

Distribution:
Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred


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

Related Taxa:
Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 38 species in Aristida, 3 varieties in Aristida purpurascens Poir.

Classification:
Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

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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	Aristida L. – threeawn
Species	Aristida purpurascens Poir. – arrowfeather threeawn
Variety	Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred – arrowfeather threeawn

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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:
Aristida purpurascens
arrowfeather		Special Concern
Maryland:
Aristida virgata
wire grass		Endangered
Massachusetts:
Aristida purpurascens
purple needlegrass		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Aristida purpurascens
arrow feather		Threatened
Rhode Island:
Aristida purpurascens
purple needlegrass		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.

Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

Aristida virgata:

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

FAC,FACW-

FAC

FACW-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Aristida purpurascens Poir. var. virgata (Trin.) Allred

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185312.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 03:39 AM CDT