Plants Profile for Cenchrus echinatus (southern sandbur)

General Information
Symbol:	CEEC
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	HI I L48 N NAV N PB I,N PR N VI N
Other Common Names:	burr grass common sandbur sandbur 'ume'alu
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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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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
CEECH	Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchc.) F. Br.

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	Cenchrus L. – sandbur
Species	Cenchrus echinatus L. – southern sandbur

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.
Arizona southern sandbur Prohibited noxious weed southern sandbur Regulated noxious weeds
California southern sandbur C list (noxious weeds)

U.S. Weed Information
Cenchrus echinatus burgrass common sandbur field sandbur konpeito-gusa se mbulabula vao tui tui 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.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	UPL
Hawaii	FACU

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	UPL