Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Echinochloa - [maps | photos]

• Echinochloa colona * (L.) Link
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: jungle rice
  Synonyms:
  

         • Panicum colonum L.

• Echinochloa crus-galli * (L.) P. Beauv.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: barnyard grass

• Echinochloa frumentacea * Link
  Common Name: billion-dollar grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. var. frumentacea (Link) W. Wight

• Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald var. microstachya Wiegand
  Common Name: rough barnyard grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Echinochloa microstachya (Wieg.) Rydb.

• Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald var. muricata
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: rough barnyard grass

• Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) Heller (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Coast cockspur 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.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.