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Echinochloa

not marked as a favorite taxon Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Aleman Grass, Creeping River Grass. Phenology: Mar-Oct. Habitat: Marshes, wet disturbed areas. Distribution: Sw. LA and TX south through Mexico to South America; West Indies; s. FL (where of uncertain nativity).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Mex, POWO; < Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc. — Tx; > Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc. — NS; > Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc. var. polystachya — FlGr, FNA25, Meso6; > Echinochloa polystachya var. spectabilis — FNA25; > Echinochloa spectabilis — NS. Basionym: Oplismenus polystachyus Kunth 1816

Links to other floras: > Echinochloa polystachya var. polystachya - FNA25; > Echinochloa polystachya var. spectabilis - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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