Paspalum boscianum
Common name: bull crowngrass [1], bull paspalum [2]
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| Photo by Guy Anglin hosted at the Atlas of Florida Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Paspalum |
| Species: | P. boscianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Paspalum boscianum Fluegge | |
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| Natural range of Paspalum boscianum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: none
Varieties: none
Description
P. boscianum is an annual graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America and Puerto Rico. [1]
Distribution
P. boscianum is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to Pennsylvania. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
P. boscianum proliferates in marshes, cypress domes, low fields, and ditches. [2] Specimens have been collected from drying loamy sands of secondary woods, burned pine-oak woodland, pond in pine barrens, dried pond bottom, stream bank, ditch bordering savanna, swale in slashpine, coastal hammock pond, shore of farm pond, swampy woods, and cypress pond. [3]
Conservation and Management
P. boscianum is listed as a species of special concern by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission. [1]
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PABO3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, A.H. Curtiss, R.K. Godfrey, R.A. Pursell, R.Kral, S. Mcdaniel, Andre Clewell, R.A. Norris, R. Komarek, Richard R. Clinebell II. States and counties: Florida (Leon, Baker, Jackson, Gadsden, Calhoun, Palm Beach, Franklin, Gulf, Gadsden, Jackson, Santa Rosa, Hernando, Escambia, Madison, Duval, Wakulla) Georgia (Thomas, Seminole)
