Plants Profile for Leptochloa fusca fascicularis (bearded sprangletop)

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General Information
Symbol:	LEFUF
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	CAN I L48 N PR N VI N
Characteristics
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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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 237. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 236. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. 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
DIAC3	Diplachne acuminata Nash
DIFA4	Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) P. Beauv.
DIMA10	Diplachne maritima E.P. Bicknell
LEAC2	Leptochloa acuminata (Nash) Mohlenbr.
LEFA	Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A. Gray
LEFAA	Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A. Gray var. acuminata (Nash) Gleason
LEFAM	Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A. Gray var. maritima (E.P. Bicknell) Gleason
LEFUF2	Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth var. fascicularis (Lam.) Dorn

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	Leptochloa P. Beauv. – sprangletop
Species	Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth – Malabar sprangletop
Subspecies	Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. fascicularis (Lam.) N. Snow – bearded sprangletop

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered 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 protected plant list for that location.
Connecticut Diplachne maritima saltpond grass Endangered
Massachusetts saltpond grass Threatened
New York Diplachne maritima salt-meadow grass Endangered
Rhode Island Leptochloa fascicularis var. maritima saltpond grass Historical

U.S. Weed Information
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis bearded sprangletop sprangletop Leptochloa fascicularis bearded sprangletop sprangletop This plant and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

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