Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Curtiss' Sandgrass, Florida Sandreed
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 25 meters (81 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Order:
Poales
()
- Genus:
Calamovilfa
()
- (A. Gray) Hackel, in Scribner & Southworth, 1890
- Specific epithet:
curtissii
- (Vasey) Scribn.
- Botanical name: - Calamovilfa curtissii (Vasey) Scribn.
- Specific epithet:
curtissii
- (Vasey) Scribn.
- Genus:
Calamovilfa
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Synonyms
Ammophila curtissii Vasey • Calamagrostis curtissii (Vasey) Vasey
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calamovilfa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. arcuata (Cumberland Sandreed) · C. brevipilis (Pine Barren Sandreed) · C. brevipilis brachycarpa (Pine Barren Sandreed) · C. curtissii (Curtiss' Sandgrass) · C. gigantea (Big Sandreed) · C. longifolia (Big Sand Grass) · C. longifolia var. longifolia (Long-Leaved Reed Grass) · C. longifolia var. magna (Prairie Sandreed)
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Further Reading
- American grasses / Washington: Gov. Print. Off., 1897-1901. url p. 199.
- American grasses / by F. Lamson-Scribner. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Agrontology, 1897- url p. 199.
- Bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture, Division of Agrostology. Washington, D.C.: The Division, 1895-1901. url p. 199.
- Manual of the grasses of the United States / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1935. url p. 322, p. 323, p. 824, p. 983.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 38.
- The genera of grasses of the United States: with special reference to the economic species / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1920. url p. 125.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661534
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-41537
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40683-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 41537
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA18030
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CACU
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26915
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 41.830 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
