PLANTS Profile for Oryzopsis asperifolia (roughleaf ricegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.
roughleaf ricegrass

Symbol:

ORAS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.

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

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Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.

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Distribution:
Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.


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USA (CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Oryzopsis

Classification:
Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.

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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	Oryzopsis Michx. – ricegrass
Species	Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx. – roughleaf ricegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.

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.

Indiana:
white-grained mountain-ricegrass		Endangered
Maryland:
white-fruited mountainrice		Threatened
New Jersey:
white-grained mountain-rice grass		Endangered
Ohio:
large-leaved mountain-rice		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.

View species account and distribution map 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 41979.

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.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:29 AM CDT