Plants Profile for Rottboellia cochinchinensis (itchgrass)

General Information
Symbol:	ROCO6
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	L48 I PR I
Data Source and Documentation

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

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

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	Rottboellia L. f. – itchgrass
Species	Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton – itchgrass

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.
United States: itchgrass Noxious weed
Alabama itchgrass Class A noxious weed
Arkansas Rottboellia exaltata itchgrass Noxious weed
California itchgrass Quarantine
Florida Rottboellia exaltata itchgrass Noxious weed
Massachusetts itchgrass Prohibited
Minnesota itchgrass Prohibited noxious weed
Mississippi itchgrass Noxious weed
North Carolina itchgrass Class A noxious weed
Oregon itchgrass Quarantine
South Carolina itchgrass, corngrass, raoulgrass Plant pest
Texas itchgrass Noxious plant
Vermont itchgrass Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Rottboellia cochinchinensis itchgrass itchgrass, raoulgrass Rottboellia exaltata itchgrass, raoulgrass This plant and synonym 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.
US	USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
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	FACU

North America
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU