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Saccharum alopecuroides

Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.

silver plumegrass

Synonym(s): Erianthus alopecuroides, Erianthus alopecuroides var. hirsutis, Erianthus divaricatus, Erianthus tracyi, Saccharum alopecuroidum
Saccharum alopecuroides (Silver Plumegrass)
Image ID: 35327
Image by: SOS, Collectors
Image Collection: Seeds of Success

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: SAAL21
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Saccharum alopecuroides
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-03-27

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: SACCH
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Saccharum
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Sugarcane
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 6 species, perennial grasses, of the Paleotropics.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Webster in FNA (2003a). [also see Erianthus]

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: POACEA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Poaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: (R. Brown) Barnhart 1895 or GRAMINEAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Grass Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 771 genera and 12,074 species, herbs (and some shrubs and trees), cosmopolitan. Tribal classification largely follows FNA (2003a, 2007a), with some changes based on subsequent research, as for instance in the Chloridoideae (Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson 2010a).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a, 2007a)=FNA; Hitchcock and Chase (1950)=HC; Blomquist (1948); Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson (2010a, 2010b). Key to genera adapted in large part from FNA.

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NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States, west to TX, north to NJ
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: SAAL21
USDA Common Name: Silver Plumegrass
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FAC FAC FACW FACU FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Poaceae (R. Brown) Barnhart 1895 or GRAMINEAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Grass Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 771 genera and 12,074 species, herbs (and some shrubs and trees), cosmopolitan. Tribal classification largely follows FNA (2003a, 2007a), with some changes based on subsequent research, as for instance in the Chloridoideae (Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson 2010a).
REFERENCE: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a, 2007a)=FNA; Hitchcock and Chase (1950)=HC; Blomquist (1948); Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson (2010a, 2010b). Key to genera adapted in large part from FNA.
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Saccharum L. (Sugarcane)
SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 6 species, perennial grasses, of the Paleotropics.
REFERENCE: Webster in FNA (2003a). [also see Erianthus]

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Saccharum alopecuroides in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Saccharum alopecuroides in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Saccharum alopecuroides in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Saccharum alopecuroides in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Saccharum alopecuroides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Saccharum alopecuroides

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 35327 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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