PLANTS Profile for Cortaderia selloana (Uruguayan pampas grass)

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Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.
Uruguayan pampas grass


Symbol:		COSE4
Group:		Monocot
Family:		Poaceae
Growth Habit:		Graminoid
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Photo of Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Montevideo, Uruguay. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Images:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

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Plant Synonyms:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

CODI11

Cortaderia dioica (Spreng.) Speg.

Plant Distribution by State:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

State Distributional Map for Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

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Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn. occures in the following states: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia

Related Taxa:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

View 334 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Cortaderia

Classification:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

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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	Cortaderia Stapf – pampas grass
Species	Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn. – Uruguayan pampas grass

Invasive Information:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

Uruguayan pampasgrass
pampas grass
silver pampas grass

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

CalEPPC		California Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Exotic Plant Pest List(http://www.cal-ipc.org/1999_cal-ipc_list/, October 19, 1999). California Exotic Pest Plant Council. California.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii(http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

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:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41597.

Related Web Sites:
Cortaderia selloana (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Aschers. & Graebn.

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

New Zealand Environment Bay of Plenty: abstract & images

Plant Advisor.com: image

Texas A&M;: Vascular Plant Image Gallery