PLANTS Profile for Zoysia japonica (Korean lawngrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Zoysia japonica Steud.
Korean lawngrass


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

More Information:

Plant Distribution by State:
Zoysia japonica Steud.

State Distributional Map for Zoysia japonica Steud.

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Zoysia japonica Steud. occures in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia

Related Taxa:
Zoysia japonica Steud.

View 334 genera in Poaceae, 3 species in Zoysia

Classification:
Zoysia japonica Steud.

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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	Zoysia Willd. – lawngrass
Species	Zoysia japonica Steud. – Korean lawngrass

Introduced Information:
Zoysia japonica Steud.

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:
Zoysia japonica Steud.

View species account and distribution 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 42273.

Time Generated: 09/08/2006 11:47 PM MDT