buffelgrass USDA PLANTS Symbol: PECI
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Grass or Grasslike
Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link

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Taxonomic Rank: Liliopsida: Cyperales: Poaceae
Synonym(s): buffelgrass
Native Range: (NRCS)

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Flower(s); inflorescence.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Stem(s); collar and sheath.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s); plant.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
 


State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.

Native Alternatives:
Koeleria macrantha (prairie Junegrass)
Pascopyrum smithii (western wheatgrass)
Pleuraphis rigida (big galleta)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)


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U.S. National Parks where reported invasive:
Chiricahua National Monument (Arizona)
Organ Pipe National Monument (Arizona)



Invasive Listing Sources:
Eric Ulaszek, U.S. Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois
Jackie Poole, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (personal communication)
Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
University of Hawaii, Botany Department, Hawaiian Alien Plant Studies, 1998