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Secale cereale L.
cereal rye
Symbol: SECE
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
Biennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Plant Synonyms:
SECE Secale cereale L.
 

SEMO

Secale ?montanum Guss.
 

TRCE5

Triticum cereale (L.) Salisb.
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State Distributional Map for SECE
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Plant Distribution by State

Secale cereale L.

SECE

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Maine distribution information Massachusetts distribution information Michigan distribution information North Carolina distribution information New Hampshire distribution information Illinois distribution information Wisconsin distribution information linked offsite at University of Wisconsin Madison California distribution information Missouri distribution information Vermont distribution information Connecticut distribution information Tennessee distribution information linked offsite at Univerity of Tennessee Herbarium Rhode Island distribution information South Carolina distribution information Georgia distribution information Florida distribution information linked offsite at USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Related Taxa:
Secale cereale L.

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 1 species in Secale

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Classification:
Secale cereale L.

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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 Secale L. – rye
                               Species Secale cereale L. – cereal rye

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Noxious Weed Information:
Secale cereale L.
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.
Washington:
        cereal rye     Class C noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Secale cereale L.
        cereal rye
        common rye
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.
 
SWSS   Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois..
 
WSWS   Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.. 630pp.
 

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Introduced Information:
Secale cereale L.
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:
Secale cereale L.

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 42090.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account or photographs from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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Related Web Sites:
Secale cereale L.

    APS Net-Diseases of Rye
    CO-Allelopathic Effects of Rye & Their Implications for Weed Management
    FAO-Animal Feed Resources Information System
    MT-Montana State University Weed Science
    Texas A&M;: Grass Images

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