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Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis
bog yelloweyed grass

       
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Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

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Distribution:
Xyris difformis Chapm. var. difformis

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Distribution Map Legend

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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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 OBL OBL OBL NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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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).

 
 
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