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Taxon:  Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.



Summary
Genus:
Calamovilfa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:
8370
Place of publication:
E. Hackel, True grasses 113. 1890
Verified:
02/04/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn. var. longifolia (0 active accession[s])
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn. var. magna Scribn. & Merr. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Calamagrostis longifolia Hook.

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Reference(s)
  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
  2. Deam, C. C. Flora of Indiana. 1940
  3. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  6. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
  7. Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. Vascular plants of Illinois. 1955
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  9. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  10. Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas. 1991
  11. Stubbendieck, J. et al. 1992. North American range plants. 117.
  12. Thieret, J. W. 1966. Synopsis of the genus Calamovilfa (Gramineae). Castanea 31:151.
  13. Voss, E. Michigan flora. 1972-
Common names
English
prairie sand-reed –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Cultivated
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [North Dakota, South Dakota]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Stubbendieck, J. et al. 1992. North American range plants. 117.
Environmentalerosion control Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Environmentalrevegetator Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=8370. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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