Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Digitaria - [maps | photos]

• Digitaria ciliaris * (Retz.) Koeler
  Common Name: southern crab grass

• Digitaria cognata (J.A. Schultes) Pilger
  Common Name: Carolina crab grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leptoloma cognatum (J.A. Schultes) Chase

• Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler
  Common Name: slender crab grass

• Digitaria ischaemum * (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: smooth crab grass

• Digitaria sanguinalis * (L.) Scop.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: hairy crab grass

• Digitaria violascens * Link
  Common Name: violet crab grass

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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