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Imperata brevifolia Vasey
California satintail
Symbol: IMBR2
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Click on this Line drawing of Imperata brevifolia (California satintail) 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:
IMBR2 Imperata brevifolia Vasey
 

IMHO

Imperata hookeri (Rupr. ex Anderss.) Rupr. ex Hack.
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About California satintail

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State Distributional Map for IMBR2
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Plant Distribution by State

Imperata brevifolia Vasey

IMBR2

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California
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California distribution information
Related Taxa:
Imperata brevifolia Vasey

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Imperata

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Classification:
Imperata brevifolia Vasey

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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 Imperata Cirillo – satintail
                               Species Imperata brevifolia Vasey – California satintail

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Noxious Weed Information:
Imperata brevifolia Vasey
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
California:
        satintail     B list (noxious weeds)

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Invasive Information:
Imperata brevifolia Vasey
        satintail
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.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Imperata brevifolia Vasey

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41787.

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Imperata brevifolia Vasey

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