Family: Poaceae

By Science Staff

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 07/09/2013

List of Poaceae Genera

References to Poaceae

  • Adati, S.; Shiotani, I. 1962. The cytotaxonomy of the grass Miscanthus and its phylogenetic status. Bull. Fac. Agric. Mie Univ. 25: 1-24.
  • Aiken, S. G. 1986. The distinct morpholoy and germination of the grains of two species of Wild Rice (Zizania, Poaceae). Canad. Field-Naturalist 100: 237-240.
  • Aiken, S. G. et.al. 1997. Biodiversity among Festuca (Poaceae) in North America: diagnostic evidence from DELTA and clustering programs, and an INTKEY package for interactive, illustrated identification and information retrieval. Canad. J. Bot. 75: 1527-1555.
  • Ailstock, M. S.; Norman, C. M.; Bushmann, P. J. 2001. Common reed Phragmites australis: control and its effects upon biodiversity in freshwater nontidal wetlands. Restoration Ecol. 9: 49-59.
  • Alfonse, A. V.; Balasundaram, N. 2006. On the taxonomy of the members of 'Saccharum complex'. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53: 35-41.
  • Amen, R. D. et.al. 1970. The nature of seed dormancy and germination in the salt marsh grass Distichlis spicata. New Phyt. 69: 1005-1013.
  • Anderson, D. E. 1961. Taxonomy and the distribution of the genus Phalaris. Iowa State J. Sci. 36: 1-96.
  • Anderson, J. E.; Reznicek, A. A. 1994. Glyceria maxima (Poaceae) in New England. Rhodora 96: 97-101.
  • Angelo, R.; Boufford, D. E. 1998. Atlas of the flora of New England: Poaceae. Rhodora 100: 101-233.
  • Archibald, C.; Dremann, C. 2004. Cleaning grass seeds. Native Plants J. 5: 51-52.
  • Badger, K. S.; Ungar, I. A. 1994. Seed bank dynamics in an inland salt marsh, with special emphasis on the halophyte Hordeum jubatum L. Int. J. Plant Sci. 155: 66-72.
  • Baiser, B. et.al. 2008. A perfect storm: two ecosystem engineers interact to degrade deciduous forests of New Jersey. Biological Invasions 10: 785-795.
  • Barden, L. S. 1987. Invasion of Microstegium vimineum Poaceae an exotic annual shade-tolerant C-4 grass into a North Carolina USA floodplain. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 118: 40-45.
  • Bartgis, R. 1991. Cypripedium candidum and six other additions to the known flora of Maryland. Castanea 56: 220-1.
  • Bartlett, E.; Novak, S. J.; Mack, R. N. 2002. Genetic variation in Bromus tectorum (Poaceae): differentiation in the eastern United States. Amer. J. Bot. 89: 602-612.
  • Baskin, C. C. et.al. 1998. Effect of seasonal temperature changes on germination responses of buried seeds of Agalinis fasciculata (Scrophulariaceae), and a comparison with 12 other summer annuals native to eastern North America. Plant Species Biol. 13: 77-84.
  • Baum, B. R.; Bailey, L. G. 1990. Key and synopsis of North American Hordeum species. Canad. J. Bot. 68: 2433-2442.
  • Beddows, A. R. 1959. Dactylis glomerata L.
  • Beddows, A. R. 1961. Holcus lanatus L.
  • Beetle, A. A. 1955. The four subfamilies of the Gramineae. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 82: 196-197.
  • Beetle, A. A. 1943. The North American variations of Distichlis spicata. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 638-650.
  • Bell, H. L.; Columbus, J. T. 2008. Proposal for an expanded Distichlis (Poaceae, Chlorideae): support from molecular, morphological, and anatomical characters. Syst. Bot. 33: 536-551.
  • Belzile, F. et.al. 2010. Seeds contribute strongly to the spread of the invasive genotype of the common reed (Phragmites australis). Biological Invasions 12: 2243-2250.
  • Blattner, F. R. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Hordeum (Poaceae) as inferred by nuclear rDNA ITS sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33: 289-299.
  • Blattner, F. R. 2006. Multiple intercontinental dispersals shaped the distribution area of Hordeum (Poaceae).
  • Borrill, M. 1955. Breeding systems and compatibility in Glyceria. Nature 175: 561-563.
  • Bosy, J. L.; Reader, R. J. 1995. Mechanisms underlying the suppression of forb seedling emergence by grass (Poa pratensis) litter. Funct. Ecol. 9: 635-639.
  • Boydston, R. A. 1990. Time of emergence and seed production of longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) and puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris).
  • Boyle, W. S. 1945. A cytotaxonomic study of the North American species of Melica. Madrono 8: 1-26.
  • Bradley, B. A. et.al. 2010. Climate change increases risk of plant invasion in the eastern United States. Biological Invasions 12: 1855-1872.
  • Brisson, J. et.al. 2008. Evidence of sexual reproduction in the invasive common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. australis; Poaceae) in eastern Canada: a possible consequence of global warming? Rhodora 110: 225-230.
  • Brown, W. T. et.al. 2001. Volunteer monitoring of nonindigenous invasive plant species in the Adirondack Park, New York, USA. Natural Areas Journal 21: 189-196.
  • Brownell, V. R. et.al. 1996. Recent discoveries of southern vascular plants at their northern limits in the granite barrens area of Lennox and Addington County, Ontario. Canad. Field-Naturalist 110: 255-259.
  • Bruner, J. L.; Schults, E. 1987. Systematics of the Schizachyrium scoparium (Poaceae) complex in North America. Ph.D. Dissertation Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH167 p.
  • Bryant, F. C. et.al. 1996. Diets of female white-tailed deer in the cross-timbers region. Prairie Naturalist 28: 125-140.
  • Campbell, C. S. 1983. Systematics of Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae). J. Arnold Arbor 64: 171-254.
  • Campbell, C. S. 1985. The subfamilies and tribes of Gramineae (Poaceae) in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor 66: 123-199.
  • Cerros-Tlatilpa, R. et.al. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Aristida and relatives (Poaceae, Aristidoideae) based on noncoding chloroplast (trnL-F, rpl16) and nuclear (ITS) DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1868-1886.
  • Chambers, R. M.; Meyerson, L. A.; Saltonstall, K. 1999. Expansion of Phragmites australis into tidal wetlands of North America. Aquatic Botany 64: 261-273.
  • Chambliss, C. E. 1940. The botany and history of Zizania aquatica L. (Wild Rice). J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 185-205.
  • Chase, A. 1964. First book of grasses. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C..
  • Cheplick, G. P. 2005. Biomass partitioning and reproductive allocation in the invasive, cleitogamous grass Microstegium vimineum: influence of the light environment. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 132: 214-224.
  • Cheplick, G. P. 2006. A modular aproach to biomass allocation in an invasive annual (Microstegium vimineum; Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93: 539-545.
  • Cheplick, G. P. 2006. Seed rain, transient seeds banks, and seedling recruitment of annual on a coastal beach. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 133: 379-392.
  • Cheplick, G. P. 2005. Patterns in the distribution of American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) and the density and reproduction of annual plants on a coastal beach. Plant Ecology 180: 57-67.
  • Cheplick, G. P. 2010. Limits to local spatial spread in a highly invasive annual grass (Microstegium vimineum). Biological Invasions 12: 1759-1771.
  • Cheplick, G. P.; Demetri, H. 1999. Impact of saltwater spray and sand deposition on the coastal annual Triplasis purpurea (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 86: 703-710.
  • Cheplick, G. P.; Fox, J. 2011. Density-dependent growth and reproduction of Microstegium vimineum in contrasting light environments. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 138: 62-72.
  • Cheplick, G. P.; White, T. P. 2002. Saltwater spray as an agent of natural selection: no evidence of local adaptation within a coastal population of Triplasis purpurea (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 89: 623-631.
  • Cheplick, G. P.; Wickstrom, V. M. 1999. Assessing the potential for competition on a coastal beach and the significance of variable seed mass in Triplasis purpurea. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 126: 296-306.
  • Chester, E. W.; Wofford, B. E.; McKinney, L. E.; Campbell, D. 1996. Rare and noteworthy vascular plants from the Fort Campbell Military Reservation, Kentucky and Tennessee. Sida 17: 269-274.
  • Chiapella, J. 2007. A molecular phylogenetic study of Deschampsia (Poaceae: Aveneae) inferred from nuclear ITS and plastid trnL sequence data: support for the recognition of Avenella and Vahlodea. Taxon 56: 55-64.
  • Christen, D. C.; Matlack, G. R. 2009. The habitat and conduit functions of roads in the spread of three invasive plant species. Biological Invasions 11: 453-465. (Microstegium vimenium, Rosa multiflora, Tussilago farfara)
  • Church, G. L. 1967. Taxonomic and generic relationships of eastern North American species of Elymus with setaceous glumes. Rhodora 69: 121-162.
  • Church, G. L. 1952. The genus Torreyochloa. Rhodora 54: 197-200.
  • Church, G. L. 1949. A cytotaxonomic study of Glyceria and Puccinellia. Amer. J. Bot. 36: 155-165.
  • Cialdella, A. M. et.al. 2007. A phylogeny of Piptochaetium (Poaceae: Pooideae: Stipeae) and related genera based on a combined analysis including trnL-F, rpl16, and morphology. Syst. Bot. 32: 545-559.
  • Cialdella, A. M.; Giussani, L. M. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Piptochaetium (Poaceae, Pooideae, Stipeae): evidence from morphological data.
  • Clark, L. G.; Zhang, W; Wendel, J. F. 1995. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae) based on ndhF data. Syst. Bot. 20: 436-460.
  • Clausen, Robert T. 1952. Suggestion for the assignment of Torryochloa to Puccinellia. Rhodora 54: 42-45.
  • Clayton, W. D. 1968. The correct name of the Common Reed. Taxon 7: 168-169.
  • Clevering, Olga A.; Lissner, J. 1999. Taxonomy, chromosome numbers, clonal diversity and population dynamics of (Phragmites australis). Aquatic Botany 64: 185-208.
  • Cole, P. G.; Weltzin, J. F. 2004. Environmental correlates of the distribution and abundance of Microstegium vimineum, in east Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 3: 545-562.
  • Cole, P. G.; Weltzin, J. F. 2005. Light limitation creates patchy distribution of an invasive grass in eastern deciduous forests. Biological Invasions 7: 477-488.
  • Collins, B. S.; Quinn, J. A. 1982. Displacement of Andropogon scoparius on the New Jersey piedmont by the successional shrub Myrica pensylvanica. Amer. J. Bot. 69: 680-9.
  • Cope, E. A. 1994. Further notes on beachgrass (Ammophila) in northeastern North America. New York Flora Association Newsletter 5: 5-7.
  • Culumber, C. M. et.al. 2011. Genetic structure of Eurasian and North American Leymus (Triticeae) wildryes assessed by chloroplast DNA sequences and AFLP profiles. Pl. Syst. Evol. 294: 207-225.
  • Davis, J. I. 1983. Phenotypic plasticity and the selection of taxonomic characters in Puccinellia (Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 8: 341-353.
  • Davy, A. J. 1980. Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) Beauv. J. Ecol. 68: 1075-1096.
  • DeMeester, J. E.; Richter, D. 2010. Restoring restoration: removal of the invasive plant Microstegium vimineum from a North Carolina wetland. Biological Invasions 12: 781-793.
  • Donadio, S. et.al. 2009. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of Pennisetum and Cenchrus (Poaceae-Paniceae) based on the trnL-F, rpl16 chloroplast markers. Taxon 58: 392-404.
  • Dore, W. G. 1947. Glyceria maxima in Canada. Sida 3: 83-85.
  • Dore, W. G. 1969. Wild Rice. Can. Dep. Agric. Res. Publ. 1393: 1-84.
  • Doring, E. et.al. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the Aveneae/Poeae complex (Pooideae, Poaceae). Kew Bull. 62: 407-424.
  • Dorr, L. J.; Nino, S. M. 2001. Arthraxon (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) new to South America. Sida 19: 1191-1193.
  • Doust, A. N. et.al. 2007. Congruence, conflict, and polyploidization shown by nuclear and chlorplast markers in the monophyletic "bristle clade" (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 32: 531-544.
  • Duvall, M. R.; Biesboer, D. D. 1988. Nonreciprocal hybridization failure in crosses between annual wild-rice species (Zizania palustris x Z. aquatica: Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 13: 229-334.
  • Duvall, M. R.; Noll, J. D.; Minn, A. H. 2001. Phylogenetics of Paniceae (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 88: 1988-1992.
  • Eames, E. H. 1916. Some varieties and forms of Connecticut plants. Rhodora 18: 239-240.
  • Egler, F. E. 1990. High-temperature effects on germination and survival of weed seeds in soil. Weed Science 38: 429-435.
  • Ehrenfeld, J. G. 1999. A rhizomatous, perennial form of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus in New Jersey. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 126: 352-358.
  • Ehrenfeld, J. G.; Kourtev, P. S.; Huang, W. Z. 2001. Changes in soil functions following invasions of exotic understory plants in deciduous forests. Ecol. Applic. 11: 1287-1300.
  • Ekstam, B.; Johannesson, R.; Milberg, P. 1999. The effect of light and number of diurnal temperature fluctuations on germination of Phragmites australis. Seed Sci. Res. 9: 165-170.
  • Eppley, S. M. 2001. Gender-specific selection during early life history stages in the dioecious grass Distichlis spicata. Ecology 82: 2022-2031.
  • Fairbrothers, D. E. 1960. Naturalization of Eragrostis curvula (weeping love grass) in New Jersey. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 87: 216-218.
  • Fairbrothers, D. E.; Gray, J. R. 1972. Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus (Gramineae) in the United States. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 99: 97-100.
  • Fandrich, L.; Mallory-Smith, C. A. 2006. Factors affecting germination of jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) seed.
  • Fang, X. et.al. 2004. Mode of polination, pollen germination, and seed set in smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora, Poaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 165: 395-401.
  • Fassett, N. C. 1924. A study of the genus Zizania. Rhodora 26: 153-160.
  • Fassett, N. C. 1949. Some notes on Echinochloa. Rhodora 51: 1-3.
  • Fernald, M. L.; Weatherby, C. A. 1916. The genus Puccinellia in eastern North America. Rhodora 18: 1-23.
  • Ferren, W. R.; Good, R. E. 1977. Habitat, morphology and phenology of southern wild rice (Zizania aquatica L.) from the Wading River in New Jersey. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 392-396.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2003. Flora of North America. Volume 25. Poaceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. , 783 pages. (ISBN 0195167481)
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2007. Flora of North America. Volume 24. Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. , 911 pages. (ISBN 9780195310719)
  • Flory, S. L. 2010. Management of Microstegium vimineum invasions and recovery of resident plant communities. Restoration Ecol. 18: 103-112.
  • Flory, S. L.; Clay, K. 2010. Non-native grass invasion alters native plant composition in experimental communities. Biological Invasions 12: 1285-1294.
  • Fortner, A. M.; Weltzin, J. F. 2007. Competative hierarchy for four common old-field plant species depends on resource identity and availability. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 134: 166-176.
  • Fortune, P. M. et.al. 2008. Molecular phylogeny and reticulate origins of the polyploid Bromus species from section Genea (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 95: 454-464.
  • Freckmann, R.; Lelong, M. G. 2002. Nomenclatural changes and innovations in Panicum and Dichanthelium (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida 20: 161-174.
  • Freter, E. L. 1955. A cytotaxonomic study of Bouteloua curtipendula and B. uniflora. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 82: 121-130.
  • Gandhi, K. N.; Barkworth, M. E. 2003. Nomenclatural and taxonomic review of knotroot bristle grass (Setaria parviflora, Gramineae). Rhodora 105: 197-204.
  • Ge, S. et.al. 2002. A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on MATK sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 89: 1967-1972.
  • Gibson, D. J.; Spyreas, G.; Benedict, J. 2002. Life history of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an invasive grass in southern Illinois. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 129: 207-219.
  • Gifford, A. L. S.; Ferdy, J. B.; Molofsky, J. 2002. Genetic composition and morphological variation among populations of the invasive grass, Phalaria arundinacea. Canad. J. Bot. 80: 779-785.
  • Gillespie, L. J. et.al. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships in subtribe Poinae (Poaceae, Poeae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT-trnL-trnF sequences. Botany 86: 938-967.
  • Gillespie, L. J.; Soreng, R. J. 2005. A phylogenetic analysis of the bluegrass genus Poa based on cpDNA restriction site data. Syst. Bot. 30: 84-105.
  • Gonocharov, N. P. 2011. Genus Triticum L. taxonomy: the present and future. Pl. Syst. Evol. 295: 1-11.
  • Gould, F. W. 1979. The genus Bouteloua (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66: 348-416.
  • Gould, F. W. et.al. 1972. A revision of Echinochloa in the United States. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 87: 36-59.
  • Gould, F. W.; Clark, C. A. 1978. Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 1088 - 1132.
  • Gould, F. W.; Kapadia, Z. J. 1964. Biosystematic studies in the Bouteloua curtipendula complex II. Taxonomy.
  • Grass Phylogeny Working Group 2001. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 373-457.
  • Gray, J. R.; Quinn, J. A.; Fairbrothers, D. E. 1969. Leaf epidermis morphology in populations of the Danthonia sericea complex. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 96: 525-530.
  • Greene, C. W. 1980. The systematics of Calamagrostis (Gramineae) in eastern North America. Ph.D. Dissertation Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA,
  • Greene, C. W. 1984. Sexual and apomitic reproduction in Calamagrostis (Graminaceae) from eastern North America. Amer. J. Bot. 71: 285-293.
  • Greene, C. W. 1987. Calamagrostis pickeringii in Maine. Rhodora 89: 333-336.
  • Guo, Y. L.; Ge, S. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from chloroplast, mitochondrial, and nuclear genomes. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 1548-1558.
  • Gustafson, D. J.; Peterson, P. M. 2007. Re-examination of Muhlenbergia capillaris, M. expansa, and M. sericea (Poaceae: Muhlenbergiinae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 85-89.
  • Gutteridge, R. L. 1954. Glyceria maxima on the Mississippi River, Ontario. Canad. Field-Naturalist 68: 133-135.
  • Hansen, M. J.; Wilson, S. D. 2006. Is management of an invasive grass Agropyron cristatum contingent on environmental variation? J. Applied Ecol. 43: 269-280.
  • Hanson, A. A.; Hill, H. D. 1953. The meiotic behavior of hexaploid orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata L.). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80: 113-122.
  • Hartig, E. K. 1984. Phragmites fire ecology. Proc. Ann. Meet. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 1984: 3 pp.
  • He, Z. et.al. 2011. Greater seasonal carbon gain across a broad temperature range contributes to the invasive potential of Phalaris arundinacea (Poaceae: reed canary grass) over the native sedge Carex stricta (Cyperaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 98: 20-30.
  • Heinken, T. 2000. Dispersal of plants by a dog in a deciduous forest. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 122: 449-467.
  • Helfgott, D. M.; Mason-Gamer, R. J. 2004. The evolution of North American Elymus (Triticeae, Poaceae) allotetraploids: evidence from phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene sequences. Syst. Bot. 29: 850-861.
  • Hempel, W. 1970. Taxonomische und chlorogische Untersuchungen an Arten von Melica L. subgen. Melica. Feddes Repert. 81: 131-145. (In German)
  • Hill, H. D. 1965. Karyology of species of Bromus, Festuca and Arrhenatherum. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 192-197.
  • Hilu, K. W. 1984. Leaf epidermes of Andropogon sect. Leptopogon (Poaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 9: 247-257.
  • Hilu, K. W.; Alice, L. A. 1999. Evolutionary implications of matK indels in Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 1735-1741.
  • Hodkinson, T. R. et.al. 2002. Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. J. Pl. Res. 115(5, Fascicle 1121): 381-392.
  • Holdredge, C.; Bertness, M. D. 2011. Litter legacy increases the competpetitive advantage of invasive Phragmites australis) in New England wetlands. Biological Invasions 13: 423-433.
  • Holubowicz, R. et.al. 1992. Internal seed structure of selected vegetable species. Acta Botanica Hungarica 37: 267-277.
  • Horton, J. L. et.al. 2010. Photosynthetic characteristics of the C4 invasive exotic grass Miscanthus sinensis Andersson growing along gradients of light intensity in the southeastern United States. Castanea 75: 52-66.
  • Horton, J. L.; Neufeld, H. S. 1998. Photosynthetic responses of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus, a shade-tolerant, C4 grass, to variable light environments. Oecologia 114: 11-19.
  • Huebner, C. D. 2003. Vulnerability of oak-dominated forests in West Virginia to invasive exotic plants: temporal and spatial patterns of nine exotic species using herbarium records and land classification data. Castanea 68: 1-14.
  • Huebner, C. D. 2010. Establishment of an invasive grass in closed-canopy deciduous forests across local and regional environmental gradients. Biological Invasions 12: 2069-2080.
  • Hunt, D. M.; Zaremba, Robert E. 1992. The northeastward spread of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae) into New York and adjacent states. Rhodora 94: 167-170.
  • Ingram, A. L.; Doyle, J. J. 2004. Is Eragrostis monophyletic? Insights from nuclear and plastid sequence data. Syst. Bot. 29: 545-552.
  • Jacobs, S. W. L.; Everett, J. (eds.) (2000): 2000. Grasses: systematics and evolution. CSIRO, Collingwood, VIC, Australia. , 406 pages. (ISBN 0643064389)
  • Jain, S. K. 1981. Further observations on the genus Arthraxon Poaceae. Indian Forester 107: 668-672.
  • Jones, K. 1960. The typification of the genus Agropyron Gaertn. Taxon 9: 55-56.
  • Keeler, K. H.; Davis, G. A. 1999. Comparison of common cytotypes of Andropogon gerardii (Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 86: 974-979.
  • Kellogg, C. H. et.al. 2003. Effects of water level, shade and time on germination and growth of freshwater marsh plants along a simulated successional gradient. J. Ecol. 91: 274-282.
  • Kellogg, C. H.; Bridgham, S. D. 2004. Disturbance, herbivory, and propagule dispersal control dominance of an invasive grass. Biological Invasions 6: 319-329.
  • Kellogg, E. A. et.al. 2009. A phylogeny of Setaria (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and related genera based on the chloroplast gene ndhF. Int. J. Plant Sci. 170: 117-131.
  • Kern, V. G. et.al. 2008. Inflorescence structure in species of Spartina Schrb. (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodontaea). Pl. Syst. Evol. 273: 51-61.
  • Kiger, R. W. 1971. Arhtraxon hispidus (Gramineae) in the United States: taxonomic and floristic status. Rhodora 73: 39-46.
  • Kirk, H. et.al. 2011. Long-distance dispersal and high genetic diversity are implicated in the invasive spread of the common reed, Phragmites australis (Poaceae), in northeastern North America. Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1180-1190.
  • Kiviat, E.; Hamilton, E. 2001. Phragmites use by native north Americans. Aquatic Botany 69: 341-357.
  • Klimesova, J. 1994. The effects of timing and duration of floods on growth of young plants of Phalaris arundinacea L. and Urtica dioica L.: An experimental study. Aquatic Botany 48: 21-29.
  • Knapp, A. K.; Carter, G. A. 1998. Variability in leaf optical properties among 26 species from a broad range of habitats. Amer. J. Bot. 85: 940-946.
  • Knobloch, I. W. 1953. Tetraploid smooth bromegrass. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80: 131-135.
  • Kourtev, P. S.; Ehrenfeld, J. G.; Huang, W. Z. 1998. Effects of exotic plant species on soil properties in hardwood forests of New Jersey. Water Air Soil Pollut. 105: 493-501.
  • Kranjnyk, I.; Maun, M. A. 1982. Reproductive biology of Ammophila breviligulata. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 108: 346-354.
  • Lambertini, C. et.al. 2006. A phylogeographic study of the cosmopolitan genus Phragmites (Poaceae) based on AFLPs. Pl. Syst. Evol. 258: 161-182.
  • Lamont, E. E.; Fitzgerald, J. M. 2001. Noteworthy plants reported from the Torrey Range- 2000. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 128: 409-414.
  • Laughlin, D. C. 2003. Geographic distribution and dispersal mechanisms of Bouteloua curtipendula in the Appalachian Mountains. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 149: 268-281.
  • Lawrey, J. D. 1977. Trace metal accumulation by plant species from a coal strip-mining area in Ohio. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 368-375.
  • Leck, M. A. 1996. Germination of macrophytes from a Delaware River tidal freshwater wetland. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 123: 48-67.
  • Lee, P. C. 1995. The effect of gap dynamics on the size and spatial structure of Solidago sempervirens on primary coastal dunes. J. Veg. Sci. 6: 837-846.
  • Lehr, J. H. 1979. An addition to the Flora of Rockland County, New York. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 106: 349.
  • Leicht, S. A.; Silander, J. A.; Greenwood, K. 2005. Assessing the competative ability of Japanese stilt grass, Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 132: 573-580.
  • Lelong, B. et.al. 2007. Expansion pathways of the exotic common reed (Phragmites australis): a historical and genetic analysis. Diversity and Distributions 13: 430-437.
  • Lelong, M. G. 1984. New combinations for Panicum subgenus Panicum and subgenus Dichanthelium (Poaceae) of southeastern United States. Brittonia 36: 262-273.
  • Leon, R. G. et.al. 2004. Effect of temperature on the germination of common waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus), giant foxtail (Setaria faberi), and velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti). Weed Science 52: 67-73.
  • Lindig-Cisneros, R.; Zedler, J. B. 2002. Phalaris arundinacea seedling establishment: effects of canopy complexity in fen, mesocosm, and restoration experiments. Canad. J. Bot. 80: 617-624.
  • Little, L. R.; Maun, M. A. 1996. The 'Ammophila problem' revisited: A role for mycorrhizal fungi. J. Ecol. 84: 1-7.
  • Liu, Q. et.al. 2007. Inflorescence diversification in the "finger millet clade" (Chloridoideae, Poaceae): a comparison of molecular phylogeny and developmental morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1230-1247.
  • Macdougall, A. S.; Wilson, S. D. 2011. The invasive grass Agropyron cristatum doubles belowground productivity but not soil carbon. Ecology 92: 657-664.
  • Mack, R. N. 1991. The commercial seed trade: an early disperser of weeds in the United States. Econ. Bot. 45: 257-273.
  • Mack, R. N. 2003. Plant naturalizations and invasions in the eastern United States: 1634-1860. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 77-90.
  • Mahmoud, A. et.al. 1975. Polymorphism in Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. Ex J. & C. Presl. New Phyt. 75: 269-276.
  • Mal, T. K.; Narine, L. 2004. The biology of Canadian weeds. 129. Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 84: 365-396.
  • Marks, M.; Lapin, B.; Randall, J. 1993. Element stewardship abstract for Phragmites australis - common reed.
  • Marshall, J. K. 1967. Corynephorus canescens (L.) Beauv.
  • Marshall, J. M. et.al. 2009. Competative interaction between Microstegium vimineum and first-year seedlings of three central hardwoods. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 136: 342-349.
  • Marshall, J. M.; Buckley, D. S. 2008. Influence of litter removal and mineral soil disturbance on the spread of an invasive grass in a central hardwood forest. Biological Invasions 10: 531-538.
  • Martina, J. P.; von Ende, C. N. 2008. Correlation of soil nutrient characteristics and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinaceae: Poaceae) abundance in northern Illinois (USA). Amer. Midl. Naturalist 160: 430-437.
  • Maschmeyer, J. R.; Quinn, J. A. 1976. Copper tolerance in New Jersey populations of Agrostis stolonifera and Paronychia fastigiata. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 103: 244-251.
  • Mathews, S. et.al. 2002. Phylogeny of Andropogoneae inferred from phytochrome B, GBSSI, NDHF. Int. J. Plant Sci. 163: 441-450.
  • Mathews, S; Tsai, R. C.; Kellogg, E. A. 2000. Phylogenetic structure in the grass family (Poaceae): evidence from the nuclear gene phytochrome B. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 96-107.
  • Maun, M. A.; Lapierre, J. 1986. Effects of burial by sand on seed germination and seedling emergence of four dune species. Amer. J. Bot. 73: 450-455. (3)
  • McDonnell, M. J. 1979. The typification and taxonomic status of Spartina caespitosa A. A. Eaton. Rhodora 81: 123-129.
  • McNeill, J. 1979. Diplachne and Leptochloa (Poaceae) in North America.
  • Meadows, R. E.; Saltonstall, K. 2007. Distribution of native and introduced Phragmites australis in freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes of the Delmarva Penninsula and southern New Jersey. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 134: 99-107.
  • Mehrhoff, L. J. 2000. Perennial Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae): an apparent misidentification? J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 127: 251-254.
  • Meyerson, L. A. et.al. 2000. A comparison of Phragmites australis in freshwater and brackish marsh environments in North America. Wetlands Ecology and Management 8: 89-103.
  • Meyerson, L. A. et.al. 2010. Hybridization of invasive Phragmites australis with a native subspecies in North America. Biological Invasions 12: 103-111.
  • Miller, R. J. et.al. 2009. Spatiotemporal analysis of three common wetland invasive plant species using herbarium specimens and geographic information systems. Castanea 74: 133-145.
  • Miller, W. R.; Egler, F. E. 1950. Vegetation of the Wequetequock-Pawcatuck tidal-marshes, Connecticut. Ecol. Monogr. 20: 144-172.
  • Moberly, D. G. 1956. The taxonomy and distribution of the genus Spartina. Iowa State J. Sci. 30: 471-574.
  • Monachino, J. 1962. The correct disposition of Setaria verticillata var. ambigua (Guss.) Parl. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 89: 191.
  • Mooring, M. T. et.al. 1971. Seed germination response and evidence for height ecophenes in Spartina alterniflora from North Carolina. Amer. J. Bot. 58: 48-55.
  • Morrison, J. A. et.al. 2007. Ecological comparison of two co-invasive species in eastern deciduous forests: Alliaria petiolata and Microstegium vimineum. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 134: 1-17.
  • Moyle, J. B. 1945. Some chemical factors influencing the distribution of aquatic plants in Minnesota. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 402-420.
  • Mueller, M. H. et.al. 2002. The potential role of ducks in wetland seed dispersal. Wetlands 22: 170-178.
  • Myers, J. A. et.al. 2004. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139: 35-44.
  • Naczi, R. F. C. et.al. 2002. Native flowering plant species new or otherwise significant in Kentucky. Sida 20: 397-402.
  • Nelson, J. B. 1993. Noteworthy Collections, South Carolina. Castanea 58: 59-63.
  • Norrmann, G. et.al. 2004. Genomic relationships among diploid and hexaploid species of Andropogon (Poaceae). Genome 47: 1220-1224.
  • Nussbaum, E. S. et.al. 1985. The effects of temperature and rainfall on emergence and growth of eight weeds. Weed Science 33: 165-170.
  • Nuzzo, V. A. et.al. 2009. Earthworm invasion as the driving force behind plant invasion and community change in northeastern North American forests. Conserv. Biol. 23: 966-974.
  • Oja, T.; Jaaska, V.; Vislap, V. 2003. Breeding system, evolution and taxonomy of Bromus arvensis, B. japonicus and B. squarosus (Poaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 242: 101-117.
  • Oswalt, C. M.; Oswalt, S. N. 2007. Winter litter disturbance facilitates the spread of the nonnative grass Microstegium vinineum (Trin.) A. Camus. Forest Ecol. & Manag. 249: 199-203.
  • Ovington, J. D.; Scurfield, G. 1956. Holcus mollis L.
  • Padgett, D. E.; Brown, J. L. 1999. Effects of drainage and soil organic content on growth of Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) in an artificial salt marsh mesocosm. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 697-702.
  • Parenti, R. L.; Rice, E. L. 1969. Inhibitional effects of Digitaria sanguinalis and possible role in old-field succession. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 96: 70-78.
  • Park, M. G.; Blossey, B. 2008. Importance of plant traits and herbivory for invasevness of Phragmites australis (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 95: 1557-1568.
  • Paul, J. et.al. 2010. Molecular data provide strong evidence of natural hybridization between native and introduced lineages of Phragmites australis in North America. Biological Invasions 12: 2967-2973.
  • Pemadasa, M. A.; Lovell, P. H. 1975. Factors controlling germination of some dune annuals.
  • Pemberton, R. W.; Irving, D. W. 1990. Elaiosomes on weed seeds and the potential for myrmecochory in naturalized plants.
  • Pereira, M. P. et.al. 2007. European sweet vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum: Poaceae, Pooideae, Aveneae): a morphometric taxonomical approach. Syst. Bot. 32: 43-59.
  • Pester, T. A. et.al. 2003. Genetic diversity of jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) determined with RAPD and AFLP markers. Weed Science 51: 287-293.
  • Petersen, G.; Seberg, O. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the diploid species of Hordeum (Poaceae) and a revised classification of the genus. Syst. Bot. 28: 293-306.
  • Pfitzenmeyer, C. D. C. 1962. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) J. &. C. Presl (A. Avenaceum Beauv.)
  • Pisula, N. L.; Meiners, S. J. 2010. Relative allelopathic potential of invasive plant species in a young disturbed woodland. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 137: 81-87.
  • Pitcher, D.; Russo, M. J. 1988. Element stewardship abstract for Anthoxanthum odoratum - sweet vernal grass.
  • Pohl, R. W. 1980. Flora Costaricensis. Family no. 15, Gramineae. Fieldiana, Bot. Ser., n.s. 4: 1-608.
  • Pyrah, R. W. 1969. Taxonomic and distributional studies in Leersia (Gramineae). Iowa State J. Sci. 44: 215-270.
  • Quinn, J. A. 1974. Convolvulus sepium in old field succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 101: 89-95. (also germination of Amaranthus, Digitaria, & Triticum discussed)
  • Quintanar, A. et.al. 2007. Phylogeny of the tribe Aveneae (Pooideae, Poaceae) inferred from plastid TRN-T-F and nuclear ITS sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1554-1569.
  • Rauschert, E. S. J. et.al. 2010. Slow spread of the aggressive invader, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass). Biological Invasions 12: 563-579.
  • Reeder, J. R. 1953. Affinites of the grass genus Beckmannia Host. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80: 187-196.
  • Reeder, J. R.; Norstog, K. J 1961. The status of Hierochloe nashii and its relationship to H. odorata. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 88: 77-84.
  • Richards, C. L. et.al. 2005. Habitat range and phenotypic variation in salt marsh plants. Plant Ecology 176: 263-273.
  • Robinson, T. M. P.; Gross, K. L. 2010. The impact of altered precipitation variability on annual weed species. Amer. J. Bot. 97: 1625-1629.
  • Romaschenko, K. et.al. 2011. Phylogenetics of Piptatherum s.l. (Poaceae: Stipeae): evidence for a new genus, Pipatheropsis and resurrection of Patis. Taxon 60: 1703-1716.
  • Rominger, J. 1962. Taxonomy of Setaria (Gramineae) in North America. Illinois Biological Monographs: No. 29. Univ. of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL. , 132 pages. (See review, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 90:62. 1963.)
  • Rominger, J. M. 1962. Taxonomy of Setaria (Gramineae) in North America. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 83: 1-132.
  • Rua, G. H. et.al. 2010. A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Paspalum (Poaceae) based on cpDNA and morphology. Pl. Syst. Evol. 288: 227-243.
  • Ruber, E.; Gillis, G.; Montagna, P. A. 1981. Production of dominant emergent vegetation and of pool algae on a northern Massachusetts salt marsh. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 108: 180-188.
  • Rudall, P. J. et.al. 2005. Evolution of reproductive structures in grasses (Poaceae) inferred by sister-group comparison with their putative closest living relatives, Ecdeiocoleaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 1432-1443.
  • Saarela, J. M. et.al. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the eastern North American and eastern Asian disjunct genus Brachyelytrum (Poaceae): evidence from morphology, phytogeography and AFLPs. Syst. Bot. 28: 674-692.
  • Saltonstall, K. et.al. 2007. Comparison of morphological variation indicative of ploidy level in Phragmites australis (Poaceae) from eastern North America. Rhodora 109: 415-429.
  • Saltonstall, K.; Hauber, D. 2007. Notes on Phragmites australis (Poaceae: Arundinoideae) in North America. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 385-388.
  • Saltonstall, K.; Peterson, P. M.; Soreng, R. J. 2004. Recognition of Phragmites australis subsp. americanus (Poaceae: Arundinoideae) in North America: evidence from morphological and genetic analyses. Sida 21: 683-692.
  • Sanchez-Ken, J. G.; Clark, L. G. 2010. Phylogeny and a new tribal classification of the Panicoideae s.l. (Poaceae) based on plastid and nuclear sequence data and structural data. Amer. J. Bot. 97: 1732-1748.
  • Sather, N. 1987. Element stewardship abstract for Poa pratensis - Kentucky bluegrass.
  • Schachner, L. J. et.al. 2008. Bromus tectorum (Poaceae) in midcontinental United States: population genetic analysis of an ongoing invasion. Amer. J. Bot. 95: 1584-1595.
  • Schramm, J. W.; Ehrenfeld, J. G. 2010. Leaf litter and understory canopy shade limit the establishment, growth, and reproduction of Microstegium vimineum. Biological Invasions 12: 3195-3204.
  • Scurfield, G. 1954. Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.
  • Seberg, O.; Fredericksen, S. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of the monogenomic Triticaea (Poaceae) based on morphology. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 75-97.
  • Selbo, S. M.; Snowl, A. A. 2005. Flowering phenology and genetic similarity among local and recently introduced populations of Andropogon gerardii in Ohio. Restoration Ecol. 13: 441-447.
  • Seliskar, D. M. 1995. Coastal dune restoration: A strategy for alleviating dieout of Ammophila breviligulata. Restoration Ecol. 3: 54-60.
  • Seliskar, D. M.; Gallagher, J. L. 2000. Exploiting wild population diversity and somaclonal variation in the salt marsh grass Distichlis spicata (Poaceae) for marsh creation and restoration. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 141-146.
  • Simpson, G. M. 1966. A study of germination in the seed of wild rice (Zizania aquatica). Canad. J. Bot. 44: 1-9.
  • Soderstrom, T. R. 1987. Grass systematics and evolution. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C..
  • Soreng, R. J. et.al. 2007. A phylogenetic analysis of Poaceae tribe Poeae sensu lato based on morphological characters and sequence data from three plasti-encoded genes: evidence for reticulation, and a new classification for the tribe. Kew Bull. 62: 425-454.
  • Soreng, R. J.; Davis, J. I. 1998. Phylogenetics and character evolution in the grass family (Poaceae): simultaneous analysis of morpholgical and chloroplast DNA restriction site character sets. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 64: 1-85.
  • Spyreas, G. et.al. 2010. Biological consequences of invasion by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea). Biological Invasions 12: 1253-1267.
  • Stephenson, S. N. 1984. The genus Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in Michigan. Michigan Bot. 23: 107-119.
  • Stern, R. J. 1983. Morphometric and phenologic variability in Ammophila breviligulata Fernald. M.S. Thesis Univ. Vermont, Burlington, VT29 p.
  • Strayer, D. L. et.al. 2005. Interactions between alien species and restoration of large-river ecosystems. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie Suppl. 155: 133-145. (Lythrum, Phragmites, Trapa)
  • Sturdevant, A.; Craft, C. B.; Sacco, J. N. 2002. Ecological functions of an impounded marsh and three natural estuarine marshes along Woodbridge River, NY/NJ Harbor. Urban Ecosystems 6: 163-181.
  • Sung, S. J. S. et.al. 1987. Development and germination of barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) seeds. Weed Science 35: 211-215.
  • Terrell, E. E. et.al. 1997. Taxonomy of North American species of Ziziana (Poaceae). Sida 17: 533-549.
  • Tiner, R. W. 2009. Native Phragmites located on Long Island. Long Island Botanical Society Newsletter 19: 9, 11-12.
  • Touchette, B. W.; Romanello, G. A. 2010. Growth and water relations in a central North Carolina population of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus. Biological Invasions 12: 893-903.
  • Udell, H. F. et.al. 1969. Productivity and nutrient values of plants growing in the salt marshes of the town of Hempstead, Long Island. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 96: 42-51.
  • Ungar, I. A. 1974. The effect of salinity and temperature on seed germination and growth of Hordeum jubatum L. Canad. J. Bot. 52: 1357-1362.
  • Van den Borre, An; Watson, L. 1994. The infrageneric classification of Eragrostis (Poaceae). Taxon 43: 383-422.
  • Vasquez, E. A. et.al. 2006. Salt tolerance and osmotic adjustment of Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) and the invasive M haplotype of Phragmites australis (Poaceae) along a salinity gradient. Amer. J. Bot. 93: 1784-1790.
  • Vega, A. S. et.al. 2009. A morphology-based cladistic analysis of Digitaria (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Syst. Bot. 34: 312-323.
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 2009. The authorship of Bromus pubescens (Gramineae). J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 136: 137-138.
  • Voshell. S. M. et.al. 2011. Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution. Taxon 60: 1306-1316.
  • Warren, R. J. et.al. 2011. The putative niche requirements and landscape dynamics of Microstegium vimineum: an invasive Asian grass. Biological Invasions 13: 471-483.
  • Warwick, S. I. 1986. Electrophoretic evidence for the recognition of two species in annual Wild Rice (Zizania, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 11: 464-473.
  • Webster, B. S. 1988. Genera of the North American Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Syst. Bot. 13: 576-609.
  • Webster, R. D. 1995. Taxonomy of the North American species of Saccharum (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Sida 16: 551-580.
  • Wiegand, K. M. 1921. The genus Echinochloa in North America. Rhodora 23: 49-65.
  • Wilson, S. D. 1991. Plasticity morphology and distribution in twelve lakeshore plants. Oikos 62: 292-298.
  • Winogrond, H. G. 1997. Invasion of Phragmites australis in the tidal marshes of the Hudson River. MS Thesis Bard College,
  • Winter, K.; Schmitt, M. R.; Edwards, G. E. 1982. Microstegium vimineum a shade adapted 4 carbon pathway grass. Plant Science Letters 24: 311-318.
  • Wipff, J. K. 1996. Nomenclatural combinations in the Andropogon gerardii complex (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Phytologia 80: 343-347.
  • Wolters, M.; Bakker, J. P. 2002. Soil seed bank and driftline composition along a successional gradient on a temperate salt marsh. Applied Veg. Sci. 5: 55-62.
  • Wu, L.; Jain, S. 1980. Self-fertility and seed set in natural populations of Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Bot. Gaz. 141: 300-304.
  • Yamamoto, T. et.al. 1999. Allelopathic substance exuded from a serious weed, germinating barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli L.), roots. J. Plant Growth Regul. 18: 65-67.
  • Yates, H. O. 1966. Revision of grasses traditionally referred to Uniola, II. Chasmanthium. Southw. Naturalist 11: 415-455.
  • Zaitchik, B. F.; Leroux, L. G.; Kellogg, E. A. 2000. Development of male flowers in Zizania aquatica (North American wild-rice: Gramineae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 161: 345-351.
  • Zika, P. F. 2003. Notes on the provenance of some eastern wetland species disjunct in western North America. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 130: 43-46.
  • de Wet, J. M. J.; Harlan, J. R. 1970. Biosystematics of Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae).
  • van Welzen, P. C. 1981. A taxonomic revision of Arthraxon Beauv. (Gramineae). Blumea 27: 255-300.