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Vossia cuspidata Griff.
hippo grass
Symbol: VOCU
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration:
U.S. Nativity: Cultivated, or not in the U.S.

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Related Taxa:
Vossia cuspidata Griff.

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 1 species in Vossia

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Classification:
Vossia cuspidata Griff.

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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 Vossia Wallich & Griffith – hippo grass
                               Species Vossia cuspidata Griff. – hippo grass

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Noxious Weed Information:
Vossia cuspidata Griff.
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.
Florida:
        hippo grass     Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1

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Invasive Information:
Vossia cuspidata Griff.
        hippo 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.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Vossia cuspidata Griff.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565978.

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