PLANTS Profile for Bothriochloa bladhii (Caucasian bluestem)

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Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake
Caucasian bluestem


Symbol:		BOBL
Group:		Monocot
Family:		Poaceae
Growth Habit:		Graminoid
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Plant Synonyms:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

	Symbol	Scientific Name	Characteristics	FactSheets	Plant Guides
	ANBL3	Andropogon bladhii Retz.
	ANCA20	Andropogon caucasicus Trin.
	ANIN7	Andropogon intermedius R. Br.
	BOCA3	Bothriochloa caucasica (Trin.) C.E. Hubbard
	BOIN80	Bothriochloa intermedia (R. Br.) A. Camus

Plant Distribution by State:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

State Distributional Map for Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

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	CO FL KS LA MO NE NM OK TX

Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake occures in the following states: Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Related Taxa:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

View 334 genera in Poaceae, 17 species in Bothriochloa or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Bothriochloa bladhii ssp. glabra

Classification:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

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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	Bothriochloa Kuntze – beardgrass
Species	Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake – Caucasian bluestem

Introduced Information:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41484.

Related Web Sites:
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

Grass Varieties in the United States

Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products: abstract & bibliography

Time Generated: 09/25/2006 10:08 PM MDT