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Eragrostis lugens Nees. Common name: Mourning Lovegrass. Phenology: Jun-Jan. Habitat: Marshes, roadsides, low fields. Distribution: Sw. and sc. United States south to Mexico; the native distribution is uncertain.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, Meso6, Mex, RAB, S, S13, Tn, W, WH3. Basionym: Eragrostis lugens Nees 1829

Links to other floras: = Eragrostis lugens - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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