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Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth
annual silver hairgrass
Symbol: AIEL4
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Click on this Line drawing of Aira elegans to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Synonyms:
AIEL4 Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth
 

AICA3

Aira capillaris Host, non Savi
 

AICAC

Aira caryophyllea L. var. capillaris (Host) Mutel
 

AIEL2

Aira elegantissima Schur
 

AIELA

Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth ssp. ambigua (Arcang.) Holub
 

ASCA23

Aspris capillaris (Host) A.S. Hitchc.
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About annual silver hairgrass

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State Distributional Map for AIEL4
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Plant Distribution by State

Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

AIEL4

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Related Taxa:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Aira

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Classification:
Aira elegans Willd. 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 Cyperales –
                         Family Poaceae – Grass family
                            Genus Aira L. – hairgrass
                               Species Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth – annual silver hairgrass

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Introduced Information:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 564994.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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