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Table of contents |
Genus index |
Protected species index | Invasive species index | ||
Subfamily Danthonioideae
Tribe Danthonieae
Danthonia
Danthonia | Oat grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem.& Schult. 1753. Avena spicata L. 1817. Danthonia spicata (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem.& Schult. 1913. Pentameris spicata (L.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. |
Poverty grass, Poverty oatgrass, Poverty oat grass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
Austin 1869. Danthonia compressa Austin 1871. D. spicata var. compressa 1909. Merathrepta compressa (Austin) A. Heller 1913. Pentameris compressa (Austin) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr. |
Northern oat grass, Flattened oatgrass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
Danthonia (excluded taxa) | Oat grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Nutt. 1818. Danthonia sericea Nutt. 1901. Danthonia epilis Scribn. |
Downy oat grass, Downy danthonia |
N. America native, N.Y. excluded |
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NYFA-XCLD USDA-N0 ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
Danthonia compressa × Danthonia spicata |
Hybrid of northern oat grass & poverty grass |
Native, N.Y. excluded |
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NYFA-XCLD Images, wsp |
Subfamily Chloridoideae
Tribe Eragrostideae
Subtribe Eragrostidinae
Eragrostis
Eragrostis | Lovegrass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Nees |
Lace grass, Tiny love-grass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Images, wsp |
C.A.Mey. ex Steud. |
Frank's love-grass, Sandbar lovegrass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NX NPT Images, wsp |
(Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. |
Teal love grass | Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Images, wsp |
Purple lovegrass | Native, Secure |
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(Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. pectinacea |
Tufted lovegrass, Spreading lovegrass, Purple lovegrass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
(Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. miserrima (Fourn.) J.Reeder |
Desert lovegrass | Introduced, N. America native |
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NYFA-X USDA-NN NPT ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
(Nutt.) Alph. Wood |
Sand lovegrass | Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-N0 NPT Images, wsp |
(L.) P.Beauv. var. pilosa 1753. Poa pilosa L. 1812. Eragrostis pilosa P.Beauv. |
India love-grass, Hairy love-grass, Soft love-grass, Jersey love-grass Pâturin poilu |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT ARS Images, wsp |
(All.) Vign. ex Janchen E. major Host E. megastachya (Koeler) Link Poa cilianensis All. |
Stinkgrass, Candygrass |
Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Images, wsp |
Host |
Little lovegrass | Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Images, wsp |
(Schrad.) Nees E. chloromelas Steud. E. robusta Stent |
Weeping lovegrass, Boer love grass |
Introduced, Invasive, NYIS: 57%[1], Invasive |
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NYFA-X USDA-X0 NPT BNA Images, wsp |
Subtribe Uniolinae
Uniola
Sea oats (Uniola paniculata) are native to the southeastern coastal United States, Mexico, Bahamas and Cuba. They are not known to have naturalized any farther north than Delaware. Sea oats produce few seeds and spread primarily by rhizomes. This plant is no longer considered to be a close relative of Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian woodoats) which was once placed in this genus as Uniola latifolia and is sometimes known as "northern sea oats".
Uniola | Uniola | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Uniola paniculata L. |
Seaoats, Sea oats, Seaside oats, North American sea-oats Araña, Arroz de costa |
Introduced, N. America native FACU |
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NYFA-Not listed USDA-N BNA Images, wsp | |
Tribe Zoysieae
Subtribe Sporobolinae
Sporobolus
The subgeneric classification used here for Sporobolus (Dropseed) is from Peterson et. al. (2014), which includes the genera Calamovilfa, Crypsis, Spartina, and Thellungia (most of Sporobolinae) within Sporobolus to make it monophyletic.[1]
Sporobolus sect. Clandestini
Sporobolus sect. Clandestini | Dropseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Nash 1895. Sporobolus neglectus Nash 1901. Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. neglectus Scribn. 1954. Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. neglectus Shinners [isonym] |
Small dropseed, Puffsheath dropseed Sporobole négligé |
Native, Secure Annual, Graminoid |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS ITIS Trop. Images, wsp |
(Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. vaginiflorus |
Sheathed dropseed, Poverty dropseed |
Native, Secure Annual, Graminoid |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ITIS Images, wsp |
(Poir.) Merr. var. compositus 1803. Agrostis aspera Michx. [illeg.] 1823. Agrostis longifolia Torr. 1829. Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth 1901. Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. |
Composite dropseed, Tall dropseed, Rough dropseed, Rushgrass Sporobole rude |
Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4-5 USDA-NN NPT Can ITIS Trop. Images, wsp |
(Biehler) Hitchc. 1807. Agrostis clandestina Biehler 1861. Sporobolus longifolius Alph.Wood 1901. Sporobolus canovirens Nash 1908. Sporobolus clandestinus Hitchc. 1954. S. asper var. canovirens Shinners 1954. S. asper var. clandestinus Shinners 1995. S. compositus var. clandestinus |
Rough dropseed, Hidden dropseed |
Native, Endangered Perennial, Graminoid |
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NYFA-1 USDA-N0 NPT ARS ITIS Trop. Images, wsp |
Sporobolus sect. Calamovilfa
Because the genus Calamovilfa (sandreed) has been found to be embedded within a paraphyletic Sporobolus genus, Peterson et. al. (2014) recommended the transfer of the Calamovilfa species to a subsection within Sporobolus.[1]
Sporobolus subsect. Floridani | Dropseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(A.Gray) A.Gray 1835. Vilfa heterolepis A.Gray
1848. Sporobolus heterolepis (A.Gray) A.Gray
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Northern dropseed, Prairie dropseed |
Native, C:10, Threatened FACU Perennial, Graminoid |
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NYFA-2 USDA-NN NPT ARS Images, wsp | |
Sporobolus subsect. Calamovilfa | Sandreed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Buckley) P.M.Peterson var. magnus P.M.Peterson 1901. Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna Scribn.& Merr. 2014. Sporobolus rigidus var. magnus P.M.Peterson |
Prairie sandreed, Sand reed-grass |
Introduced, N. America native, Likely extirpated in NY |
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NYFA-XZm USDA-NN ITIS Images, wsp |
Sporobolus sect. Pyramidati
Sporobolus sect. Pyramidati subsect. Pyramidati | Dropseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Lam.) Hitchc. |
Whorled dropseed | Introduced, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
Hitchc. 1882. S. cryptandrus var. strictus 1901. S. strictus (Scribn.) Merr. (i) 1915. S. contractus Hitchc. |
Narrow-spiked dropseed, Spike dropseed |
Introduced from western U.S.A., northern Mexico, N.Y. excluded Perennial, Graminoid |
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NYFA-XCLD USDA-N0 ARS Images, wsp | |
Sporobolus sect. Cryptandri
Sporobolus sect. Cryptandri | Dropseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Torr.) A.Gray 1824. Agrostis cryptandra Torr. 1840. Vilfa cryptandra (Torr.) Trin. 1848. Sporobolus cryptandrus A.Gray 1870. Sporobolus subinclusus Phil. |
Sand dropseed, Prairie grass Sporobole à fleurs cacnées |
Native, Unranked FACU-UPL Perennial, Graminoid |
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NYFA-U USDA-NN NPT Can ARS ITIS BNA Images, wsp |
Sporobolus sect. Sporobolus
Sporobolus sect. Sporobolus | Dropseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Blackseed, Smut grass |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-X0 Images, wsp | |
Sporobolus sect. Airoides
Sporobolus sect. Airoides | Dropseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Torr.) Torr. 1824. Agrostis airoides Torr. 1841. Vilfa airoides Trin. ex Steud. 1854. Vilfa airoides Trin. ex Steud. hom? 1856. Sporobolus airoides Torr. |
Alkali sacaton | Introduced from western N.A., Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-NN ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
Sporobolus sect. Spartina
Sporobolus michauxianus prairie cordgrass
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Sporobolus sect. Spartina subsect. Spartina | Cordgrass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Hitchc.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 1803. Trachynotia cynosuroides Michx. 1820. Spartina pectinata Link 1908. Spartina michauxiana Hitchc. 2014. Sporobolus michauxianus P.M.Peterson & Saarela non Sporobolus pectinatus Hack. |
Fresh water cordgrass, Prairie cordgrass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN Images, wsp |
(Roth) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 1789. Dactylis patens Aiton 1806. Spartina pumila Roth 1817. Spartina patens Muhl. 2014. Sporobolus pumilus P.M.Peterson & Saarela non Sporobolus patens Swallen |
Saltmeadow cordgrass, Marshhay cordgrass, Marsh grass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS Images, wsp |
(L.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 1753. Dactylis cynosuroides L. 1803. Trachynotia cynosuroides Michx. 1804. Paspalum cynosuroides Brot. 1806. Spartina cynosuroides Roth 1812. Spartina polystachya (Michx.) P. Beauv. 1825. Cynodon cynosuroides Raspail |
Salt reedgrass, Big cordgrass |
Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
P.M.Peterson & Saarela Sporobolus michauxianus × Sporobolus pumilus 1898. Spartina × caespitosa A.A.Eaton 1906. Spartina patens var. caespitosa Hitchc. 2014. Sporobolus × eatonianus P.M.Peterson & Saarela non Sporobolus caespitosus Kunth |
Marsh cordgrass hybrid, Hybrid of Freshwater cordgrass & Saltmeadow cordgrass |
Native, Threatened |
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NYFA-2? USDA-NN Images, wsp |
Sporobolus sect. Spartina subsect. Alterniflori | Cordgrass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Loisel.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 1803. Spartina alterniflora Loisel. 1815. Trachynotia alterniflora DC. 2014. Sporobolus alterniflorus P.M.Peterson & Saarela |
Saltwater cordgrass, Smooth cordgrass |
Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN Images, wsp |
Sporobolus sect. Crypsis
Because the genus Crypsis (Picklegrass) has been found to be embedded within a paraphyletic Sporobolus genus, Peterson et. al. (2014) recommended the transfer of the Crypsis species to a subsection within Sporobolus.[1]
Sporobolus sect. Crypsis | Prickle grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) P.M.Peterson 1753. Phleum schoenoides L. 1791. Crypsis schoenoides Lam. 1801. Heleochloa schoenoides Host 2014. Sporobolus schoenoides P.M.Peterson |
Swamp pricklegrass, Swamp timothy, Rush-like timothy Crypside faux-choin, Crypsis faux-choin |
Introduced from Eurasia, northern Africa OBL-FACU Annual, Graminoid |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Can ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Subtribe Zoysiinae
Zoysia
Zoysia (excluded taxa) | Zoysiagrass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | X NPT |
(L.) Merr 1771. Agrostis matrella L. 1801. Zoysia pungens Willd. 1891. Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze 1912. Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr |
Manila grass, Japanese carpet grass, Korean grass, Siglap grass, Zoysia grass Chiendent gazon |
Introduced from Asia, Australia, N.Y. excluded |
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NYFA-XCLD ARS ITIS Trop. Images, wsp |
Tribe Cynodonteae
Subtribe Gouiniinae
Triplasis
Triplasis | Sand grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Walter) Chapm. var. purpurea 1788. Aira purpurea Walter 1860. Triplasis purpurea Chapm. |
Purple sandgrass | Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
Subtribe Eleusininae
Diplachne
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Diplachne | Sprangle top | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) P.Beauv. ssp. fascicularis Diplachne maritima E.P.Bicknell
Diplachne acuminata Nash
Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) P.Beauv.
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis
Diplachne fusca ssp. fascicularis
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Bearded sprangletop, Salt-meadow grass, Saltpond grass |
Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NX NPT ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Chloris
Chloris | Windmill grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Sw. 1788 |
Fringed windmill grass | Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-N0 ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Nutt. |
Tumble windmill grass | Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
Sw. (1797) |
Feather fingergrass | Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-N0 ARS Images, wsp |
Trichloris
Trichloris | False rhodes grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Lag.) Parodi |
False rhodes grass | Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-X USDA-N ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Cynodon
Cynodon | Bermuda grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Pers. var. dactylon 1753. Panicum dactylon L.
1805. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
1806. Digitaria stolonifera Schrad.
1891. Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze
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Bermudagrass, Bermuda grass |
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NYFA-Xn NPT ARS Images, wsp |
Eleusine
Eleusine Gaertn. | Goose grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Gaertn. 1753. Cynosurus indicus L. 1788. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. 1854. Eleusine japonica Steud. |
Goose grass, India goosegrass, Indian goosegrass |
Introduced from Africa, Asia, Naturalized FACU Annual, Graminoid |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX ARS Images, wsp |
Eleusine Gaertn. (excluded taxa) | Goose grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Lam.) Lam. 1786. Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. 1792. Eleusine tristachya (Lam.) Lam. |
American crowfoot grass | Introduced from South American, N.Y. excluded |
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NYFA-XCLD ARS Images, wsp |
Eustachys
Eustachys | Finger grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Lag.) Kunth |
Argentine fingergrass | Introduced, Impersistent |
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NYFA-X USDA-X0 Images, wsp |
Dactyloctenium
Dactyloctenium | Crowfoot-grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Willd. (1809) |
Crowfoot grass, Egyptian grass, Finger grass |
Introduced, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-XX Images, wsp |
Subtribe Pappophorinae
Tridens
Tridens | Fluff grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Hitchc. var. flavus Triodia flava (L.) Smyth
Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc.
1894. Sieglingia sesleroides (Michx.) Scribn.
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Purpletop tridens, Tall purple-topped fluffgrass, Purpletop, Redtop, Tall Red Top |
Native, C:0, Secure UPL Perennial, Perennial |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NX NPT ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Pappophorum
Pappophorum | Pappus grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Fourn. |
Pink pappusgrass | Introduced, US South native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-X USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
Buckley |
Whiplash pappusgrass | Introduced, US South native, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
Subtribe Traginae
Tragus
Tragus | Burr grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Schult. |
Spiked burr grass, Spiked bur grass, Texas bur, African bur grass |
Introduced from Africa, Asia, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-XX ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
(L.) All. |
Spiked burr grass, Stalked bur grass, Texas bur, European bur grass |
Introduced from Africa, Eurasia, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-X0 ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Subtribe Monanthochloinae
Distichlis
Distichlis | Salt grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Greene |
Inland saltgrass | Native, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
Subtribe Boutelouinae
Bouteloua
Bouteloua has about 20 species that are native to North America. The two that have been found in New York, sideoats grama and blue grama were both major components of the shortgrass prairie of the Great Plains.[1] Sideoats grama is still common in the west, but has become rare in the east and in listed as endangered in New York. Blue grama is not considered to be native to the Northeast, and is a rare introduction to New York.
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Bouteloua subg. Bouteloua | Grama | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Michx.) Torr. var. curtipendula 1803. Chloris curtipendula Michx. 1853. Bouteloua curtipendula Torr. |
Sideoats grama, Side-oats grama, Tall grama grass |
Native, Endangered, NYNHP: 1[1] |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN NPT ARS ITIS NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Bouteloua subg. Chondrosum | Grama | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths |
Blue grama, Blue gramma, Eyelash grass |
Introduced, N. America native |
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NYFA-Xnn USDA-NN NPT ARS NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Lag. var. hirsuta 1805. Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. |
Hairy grama | Introduced, N. America native |
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NYFA-U ARS BNA Images, wsp | |
Bouteloua subg. Buchloe | Grama | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Nutt.) J.T.Columbus |
Buffalograss, Buffalo-grass |
Introduced from central N. America, N. America native |
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NYFA-U USDA-NN ARS BNA Images, wsp |
Subtribe Muhlenbergiinae
Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia | Muhly | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Poir.) Fernald 1803. Agrostis lateriflora Michx. 1810. Agrostis frondosa Poir. 1833. M. lateriflora Trin. ex Kunth (i) 1907. M. mexicana ssp. commutata Scribn. 1943. M. frondosa (Poir.) Fernald |
Wirestem muhly, Wire-stemmed muhly Muhlenbergie feuillée |
Native, C:4, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Can ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
(Willd.) Trin. auct. M. racemosa non BSP |
Spike muhly, Spiked muhly, Bog muhly, Marsh muhly Muhlenbergie agglomérée, Muhlenbergia agglomérée |
Native, C:10, Secure OBL-FACW |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Can Images, wsp |
(L.) Trin. Agrostis mexicana M. ambigua M. foliosa M. mexicana var. filiformis |
Mexican muhly, Wire-stemmed muhly |
Native, C:4, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN Images, wsp | |
J.F.Gmel. |
Nimblewill, Nimblewill muhly, Schreber muhly |
Native, C:0, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ARS ITIS Images, wsp |
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Trin. |
Cliff muhly | Native, C:8, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ITIS Images, wsp | |
(Torr.) Torr. ex A. Gray |
Woodland muhly, Forest muhly |
Native, C:6, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ITIS Images, wsp |
(Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. |
Slender muhly | Native, C:8, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ITIS Images, wsp | |
(Muhl.) Fernald |
Fall dropseed muhly, Bog muhly |
Native, C:6, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN Images, wsp |
(Lam.) Trin. |
Hairawn muhly | Native, C:10, Likely extirpated |
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NYFA-Z USDA-NN Images, wsp |
(Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi |
Alkali muhly, Scratchgrass |
Introduced, N. America native |
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NYFA-X USDA-NN Images, wsp |
Muhlenbergia (excluded taxa) | Muhly | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Schult.) Hitchc. M. torreyana (Schult.) Hitchc. |
New Jersey muhly | N. America native, N.Y. excluded FACW Perennial, Graminoid |
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NYFA-XCLD USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
(Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. M. racemosa (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. |
Marsh muhly | N. America native, N.Y. excluded FAC-FACU Perennial, Graminoid |
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NYFA-XCLD USDA-NN Images, wsp |
Subfamily Aristidoideae
Tribe Aristideae
Aristida
Aristida | Threeawn | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Michx. var. dichotoma |
Churchmouse threeawn, Shinners three-awned grass |
Native, C:3, Secure FACU Annual, Graminioid |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NX NPT iNat BNA Images, wsp |
Poir. var. purpurascens |
Arrow-feather threeawn
Arrow feather threeawn
Arrowfeather threeawn
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Native, C:5, Unranked |
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NYFA-NU USDA-NN NPT iNat Images, wsp |
Nutt. |
Seaside threeawn
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Native, C:7, Unranked Annual, Graminoid |
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NYFA-3 USDA-N0 NPT iNat Images, wsp |
Engelm. ex Vasey |
Forked threeawn, Forked three-awned grass, Branching needle-grass |
Native, C:0, Endangered, NYNHP: S1S2[1] |
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NYFA-U USDA-NN NPT iNat BNA Images, wsp |
Raf. 1816. Aristida gracilis Elliott
1817. Aristida geniculata Raf.
1901. Aristida intermedia Scribn. & C.R.Ball
1933. Aristida longespica var. geniculata
1954. Aristida necopina Shinners
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Kearney’s threeawn | Native, C:5, Endangered, NYNHP: S1[2] |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN iNat ARS Images, wsp |
Poir. |
Slimspike threeawn, Slim-spiked threeawn |
Native, C:8, Endangered, NYNHP: S1[3] |
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NYFA-H USDA-NN NPT iNat Images, wsp |
L. Aristida fasciculata Torr. |
Sixweeks threeawn, Six-weeks three-awn grass |
Introduced, Waif |
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NYFA-X USDA-N0 iNat Images, wsp |
Michx. |
Prairie three-awn grass | Introduced | ![]() |
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Subfamily Arundinoideae
Phragmites
Phragmites australis Although the native and non-native Phragmites strains normally share habitats (until the natives are replaced by the non-natives), hybrids of the two were not discovered in the field until 2014, when a hybrid clone was discovered at the Montezuma site.[1] |
Phragmites | Reed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Saltonst., P.M.Peterson & Soreng) A.Haines |
American reed, American common reed, American reedgrass Roseau d'Amérique |
Native, C:7, Rare |
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(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 1753. Arundo phragmites L. 1799. Arundo australis Cav. 1820. P. communis Trin. 1841. P. australis Trin. ex Steud. 1881. P. phragmites (L.) Karst. |
Common reed, Phragmites, European reed, European reedgrass, Phragmites Roseau commun |
Introduced, Very highly invasive, NYIS: 92%[3], CP-2[4] |
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Phragmites australis × Phragmites americanus[5] P. australis ssp. americanus × P. australis ssp. australis |
Hybrid of American reed & Common reed |
Introduced, Unranked |
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Phragmites (excluded species) | Reed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
E.Fourn. 1877. P. berlandieri E.Fourn. 1932. P. communis var. berlandieri 1954. P. communis ssp. berlandieri 1987. P. australis var. berlandieri 2007. P. australis ssp. berlandieri |
Subtropical common reed | N. America native, Excuded |
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Molinia
Molinia | Moor grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Moench 1753. Aira caerulea L. 1771. Melica caerulea L. 1794. Molinia caerulea Moench |
Purple moorgrass, Purple moor grass Molinie bleue |
Introduced from Eurasia, northern Africa FACU Perennial, Graminoid |
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Subfamily Ehrhartoideae
Tribe Oryzeae
Subtribe Oryzinae
Leersia
Leersia | Cut grass | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Sw. |
Rice cutgrass, Ricegrass |
Native, Secure |
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Willd. (1797) |
Virginia cutgrass, Whitegrass |
Native, Secure |
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Subtribe Zizaniinae
Zizania
Zizania | Wildrice | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. var. aquatica 1753. Zizania aquatica L. 1967. Zizania aquatica var. subbrevis |
Annual wildrice, Eastern wild rice, Indian rice |
Native, Secure |
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L. var. palustris 1771. Zizania palustris L. 1906. Zizania aquatica var. angustifolia 1971. Zizania aquatica ssp. angustifolia |
Northern wildrice, Northern wild rice |
Native, Unranked |
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Subfamily Bambusoideae
The bamboo subfamily, Bambusoideae Luerss. (1893). Synonyms: Olyroideae Pilg. (1956), Parianoideae Butzin (1965).
Tribe Arundinarieae
The Arundinarieae contains about 500 temperate woody bamboo species. Most are native to Asia, with only three native to the Western Hemisphere. However, all bamboo species that are known to have naturalized in New York are considered to be invasive or potentially invasive.
Arundinaria
The three North American bamboo or cane species comprise the genus Arundinaria and are from the southeastern United States.[1] [2] Although listed in New York's Non-Native Plant Species Invasiveness Assessment,[3] both of these species have been excluded from the New York Flora Atlas.
Arundinaria | Cane | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Walter) Muhl. 1788. Arundo tecta Walter 1813. Arundinaria tecta Muhl. 1871. A. macrosperma var. tecta Alph.Wood 1893. A. gigantea var. tecta Scribn 1973. A. gigantea ssp. tecta McClure |
Switch cane | Introduced from southern US, Moderately invasive, NYIS: 60%[3], Excluded |
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(Walter) Muhl. 1788. Arundo gigantea Walter 1803. Arundinaria macrosperma Michx. 1813. Arundinaria gigantea Muhl. 1818. Miegia gigantea Nutt. 1973. A. gigantea ssp. macrosperma McClure |
Giant cane, River cane, Canebreak bamboo |
Introduced from southern US, Potentially invasive, NYIS: 60%[3], Excluded |
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Phyllostachys
Phyllostachys | Bamboo | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | 2 NPT |
McClure 1945. Phyllostachys aureosulcata McClure 1980. P. aureosulcata f. spectabilis |
Yellow-groove bamboo | Introduced from China, Potentially invasive, NYIS: 71%[1] |
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Carrière ex Rivière & C.Rivière 1878. Phyllostachys aurea Rivière & al. |
Golden bamboo, Fish-pole bamboo |
Introduced from China, Taiwan, Potentially invasive, NYIS: 71%[1] |
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Pseudosasa
Pseudosasa | Arrow bamboo | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | 1 NPT |
(McClure) Keng f. ex S.L.Chen et al. 1931. Arundinaria amabilis McClure 1957. Pseudosasa amabilis Keng f. nom. inval. 1996. Pseudosasa amabilis S.L.Chen et al. |
Arrow bamboo, Tea-stick bamboo, Tonkin cane |
Introduced from China, Potentially invasive |
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(Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai 1854. Arundinaria japonica Siebold & al. 1912. Sasa japonica Makino 1920. Pseudosasa japonica Makino nom. inval. 1925. Pseudosasa japonica Nakai |
Arrow bamboo | Introduced from Japan, Korea, Potentially invasive, NYIS: 55%[1] |
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