PLANTS Profile for Bothriochloa saccharoides (silver bluestem)

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Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.
silver bluestem

Symbol:

BOSA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

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Line Drawing of Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

Amphilophis saccharoides

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

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Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

	AMSA3	Amphilophis saccharoides (Sw.) Nash
	ANSA5	Andropogon saccharoides Sw.

Distribution:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.


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Related Taxa:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 17 species in Bothriochloa

Classification:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

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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	Bothriochloa Kuntze – beardgrass
Species	Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. – silver bluestem

More Accounts and Images:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41489.

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

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

Related Web Sites:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

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