PLANTS Profile for Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea (tufted lovegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea
tufted lovegrass

Symbol:

ERPEP2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

Eragrostis diffusa

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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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

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Synonyms:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

	ERCA25	Eragrostis caroliniana auct. non (Spreng.) Scribn.
	ERDI15	Eragrostis diffusa Buckley
	ERPU14	Eragrostis purshii hort. ex Schrad.
	POPE15	Poa pectinacea Michx.

Distribution:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 78 species in Eragrostis, 3 varieties in Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.

Classification:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

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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	Eragrostis von Wolf – lovegrass
Species	Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. – tufted lovegrass
Variety	Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea – tufted lovegrass

Introduced Information:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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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.

Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

Eragrostis pectinacea:

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

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527900.

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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