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Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis
bluejoint

       
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Line Drawing of Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis
Calamagrostis scribneri

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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Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

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Synonyms:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

  CAAN20 Calamagrostis anomala Suksd.  
  CAAT14 Calamagrostis atropurpurea Nash  
  CACAI Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. imberbis (Stebbins) C.L. Hitchc.   bluejoint
  CACAP4 Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. pallida (Vasey & Scribn.) Stebbins  
  CACAR Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. robusta Vasey  
  CACAT Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. typica Stebbins  
  CAEXR Calamagrostis expansa (Munro ex Hillebr.) Hitchc. var. robusta (Vasey) Stebbins  
  CAHY12 Calamagrostis hyperborea Lange  
  CAINC Calamagrostis inexpansa A. Gray var. cuprea Kearney  
  CAINR Calamagrostis inexpansa A. Gray var. robusta (Vasey) Stebbins  
  CASC2 Calamagrostis scribneri Beal  
 

Distribution:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Calamagrostis, 3 varieties in Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv.
 

Classification:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

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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 Calamagrostis Adans. – reedgrass
Species Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. – bluejoint
Variety Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis – bluejoint
 

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.

Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

Calamagrostis canadensis:

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,OBL FACW+ OBL OBL FACW+ OBL NO OBL OBL FACW+ FACW+ FAC NO NO

Calamagrostis scribneri:

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW* OBL FACW NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527004.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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