PLANTS Profile for Eriochloa acuminata var. acuminata (tapertip cupgrass)

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Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata
tapertip cupgrass

Symbol:

ERACA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

Eriochloa gracilis

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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Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

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Synonyms:
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

	ERGR4	Eriochloa gracilis (Fourn.) Hitchc.
	ERLEG	Eriochloa lemmonii Vasey & Scribn. var. gracilis (Fourn.) Gould

Distribution:
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata


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Related Taxa:
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 15 species in Eriochloa, 2 varieties in Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth

Classification:
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

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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	Eriochloa Kunth – cupgrass
Species	Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth – tapertip cupgrass
Variety	Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata – tapertip cupgrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

Eriochloa gracilis
southwestern cupgrass
tapertip cupgrass

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

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.

Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

Eriochloa gracilis:

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

FACW

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth var. acuminata

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527977.

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 10:37 AM CDT