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Leptochloa

not marked as a favorite taxon Leptochloa crinita (Lagasca y Segura) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow. Common name: False Rhodesgrass. Habitat: Alluvial areas and ditches, eastwards as a ballast waif. Distribution: TX, NM, and AZ south into Mexico; s. South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Mex, NY; = Chloris crinita Lag. — NS; = Trichloris crinita (Lag.) Parodi — FNA25, Tx; = Trichloris mendocina (Phil.) Kurtz — F. Basionym: Chloris crinita Lag. 1805

Links to other floras: = Trichloris crinita - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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