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''S. graminea'' is listed as threatened by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Natural Heritage Program, as endangered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, as a special concern species by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and as a noxious weed by the Washington Administrative Code. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
  
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
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Revision as of 14:05, 29 May 2018

Sagittaria graminea
Sagittaria graminea BM.jpg
Photo by John Bradford hosted at Bluemelon.com/poaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species: S. graminea
Binomial name
Alismatales
Michx.
SAGI GRAM DIST.JPG
Natural range of Sagittaria graminea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: S. graminea Michaux var. graminea; S. graminea ssp. graminea

Varieties: none

Description

S. graminea is a perennial forb/herb of the Alismataceae family native to North America. [1]

Distribution

S. graminea is found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

S. graminea proliferates in marshes, ponds, freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes. [2]

Phenology

S. graminea flowers February-July. [3]

Conservation and Management

S. graminea is listed as threatened by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Natural Heritage Program, as endangered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, as a special concern species by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and as a noxious weed by the Washington Administrative Code. [1]

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SAGRW
  2. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/29/18