Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Saccharum - [maps | photos]

• Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: silver plume grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Erianthus alopecuroides (L.) Ell.

• Saccharum baldwinii Spreng.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: narrow plume grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Erianthus strictus Ell.

• Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers. var. contortum (Ell.) R. Webster
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: sortbeard plume grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Erianthus contortus Ell.

• Saccharum giganteum (Walt.) Pers.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: sugar cane
  Synonyms:
  

         • Erianthus giganteus (Walt.) Beauv.

         • Erianthus giganteus (Walt.) Beauv.

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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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