Plants Profile for Arthraxon hispidus (small carpetgrass)

General Information
Symbol:	ARHI3
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	HI I L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Manchuria, Harbin, E. of. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ARCIC	Arthraxon ciliaris P. Beauv. var. cryptatherus Hack.
ARHIC2	Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino var. cryptatherus (Hack.) Honda
PHHI10	Phalaris hispida Thunb.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Arthraxon P. Beauv. – carpetgrass
Species	Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino – small carpetgrass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
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, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Connecticut hairy jointgrass Potentially invasive, banned
Massachusetts hairy joint grass, jointhead, small carpetgrass Prohibited

U.S. Weed Information
Arthraxon hispidus hairy jointgrass This plant can be weedy or invasive according to 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 weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Hawaii	FACU

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC