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Poaceae
Leersia

not marked as a favorite taxon Leersia oryzoides (Linnaeus) Swartz. Common name: Rice Cutgrass. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Marshes, riverbanks, pond-shores, and a wide diversity of other wetlands. Distribution: Nova Scotia west to British Columbia, south to Panhandle Florida and California; also in Europe and e. Asia (where perhaps only introduced).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA24, G, GW1, HC, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, WV, Tucker (1988); = Homalocenchrus oryzoides (L.) Pollich — S, S13; > Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. var. oryzoides — Pyrah (1969). Basionym: Phalaris oryzoides L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Leersia oryzoides - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Leersia oryzoides© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Leersia oryzoides© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Leersia oryzoides© Lowell Urbatsch | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Leersia oryzoides© Lowell Urbatsch | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Leersia oryzoides© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Leersia oryzoides© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Leersia oryzoides© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Leersia oryzoides© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Leersia oryzoides© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Leersia oryzoides© Collectors SOS | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Leersia oryzoides© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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