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).
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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