Taxon: Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald

Common names:

• American slough grass   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  
• slough grass   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia [s.], Western Siberia [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China [n.]
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.e.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Michigan
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Iowa [n.], Minnesota, Nebraska [n.], North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.], Nevada, Utah

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. (Grass VarUSA)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia. (F BritCol)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. (Grass Japan)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio. (F Ohio)
• Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas. (L Minn)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Beckmannia syzigachne.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Beckmannia syzigachne. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Panicum syzigachne Steud. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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