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Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]
Chinese sprangletop

       
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Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

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Related Taxa:
Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 14 species in Leptochloa
 

Classification:
Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Leptochloa P. Beauv. – sprangletop
Species Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded] – Chinese sprangletop
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
Asian sprangletop              Noxious weed
Alabama:
Asian sprangletop              Class A noxious weed
California:
Asian sprangletop              Quarantine
Florida:
Asian sprangletop              Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
Asian sprangletop              Prohibited
Minnesota:
Asian sprangletop              Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
Chinese sprangletop              Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
Asian sprangletop              Quarantine
South Carolina:
Chinese sprangletop              Plant pest
Vermont:
Asian sprangletop              Class A noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

Asian sprangletop

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US        Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

View species account and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503388.

 

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Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]

U.S. Federal Noxious Weed List

 
 
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