PLANTS Profile for Xyris ambigua (coastal plain yelloweyed grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth
coastal plain yelloweyed grass

Symbol:

XYAM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Xyridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth

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Distribution:
Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth

View 1 genera in Xyridaceae, 28 species in Xyris

Classification:
Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth

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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	Commelinales
Family	Xyridaceae – Yellow-eyed Grass family
Genus	Xyris L. – yelloweyed grass
Species	Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth – coastal plain yelloweyed grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth

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.

Tennessee:
Coastal Plain yellow-eyed grass		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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.

Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505779.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 09:46 AM CDT