PLANTS Profile for Melica smithii (Smith's melicgrass)

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Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey
Smith's melicgrass

Symbol:

MESM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

Avena smithii

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

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Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

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Synonyms:
Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

	AVSM	Avena smithii Porter ex A. Gray
	BRSM	Bromelica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Farw.

Distribution:
Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey


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USA (ID, MI, MT, OR, SD, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Melica

Classification:
Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

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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	Melica L. – melicgrass
Species	Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey – Smith's melicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

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.

Wisconsin:
Smith melic grass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41860.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 02:00 AM CDT