PLANTS Profile for Digitaria villosa (shaggy crabgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.
shaggy crabgrass

Symbol:

DIVI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Line Drawing of Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.

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 villosa (Walter) Pers.

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Synonyms:
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.

	DIFIV	Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler var. villosa (Walter) Fernald
	SYVI2	Syntherisma villosa Walter

Distribution:
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Digitaria

Classification:
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.

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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 villosa (Walter) Pers. – shaggy crabgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.

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.

Maryland:
shaggy crabgrass		Endangered, Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40614.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 04:44 AM CDT