PLANTS Profile for Xyris difformis var. difformis (bog yelloweyed grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis
bog yelloweyed grass

Symbol:

XYDID

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Xyridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

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Distribution:
Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis


View Native Status

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT), CAN (NS, ON)

Related Taxa:
Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

View 1 genera in Xyridaceae, 28 species in Xyris, 2 varieties in Xyris difformis Chapm.

Classification:
Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

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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 difformis Chapm. – bog yelloweyed grass
Variety	Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis – bog yelloweyed grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

The related entities italicized and indented below are 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:
Xyris difformis
Carolina yellow-eyed grass		Threatened
Kentucky:
Xyris difformis
Carolina yellow-eye-grass		Endangered
Ohio:
Xyris difformis
Carolina 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 difformis Chapm. var. difformis

Xyris difformis:

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

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530881.

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

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 06:06 AM CDT