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Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.
prairie cupgrass
Symbol: ERCO8
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Click on this Line drawing of Eriochloa contracta (prairie cupgrass) 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 Distribution by State

Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.

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Kansas distribution information Illinois distribution information Virginia distribution information California distribution information Missouri distribution information Arkansas distribution information Tennessee distribution information linked offsite at Univerity of Tennessee Herbarium Florida distribution information linked offsite at USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Related Taxa:
Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 12 species in Eriochloa

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Classification:
Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.

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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 Eriochloa Kunth – cupgrass
                               Species Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc. – prairie cupgrass

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Invasive Information:
Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.
        prairie cupgrass
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.
SWSS   Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.
Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW FACU FAC FAC NO FACU FAC+ FACW NI NO FAC* NO NO NO

Wetland Data InformationInterpreting wetland indicator status

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Eriochloa contracta A.S. Hitchc.

View species account 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 41724.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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