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|status = LE
|status = LE
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|status_system = ESA
|genus = Aristida
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|authority = [[Hitchc.]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
|ordo = [[Poales]]
|familia = [[Poaceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Arundinoideae]]
|genus = ''[[Aristida]]''
|species = '''''A. chaseae'''''
|binomial = ''Aristida chaseae''
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'''''Aristida chaseae''''' is a rare species of [[Poaceae|grass]] known by the common name '''Chase's threeawn'''. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Puerto Rico]], where it is known from two locations in the [[Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge]] and the [[Sierra Bermeja]].<ref name=fed>USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr2277.pdf Determination of Endangered Status for Three Puerto Rican Plants.] ''Federal Register'' April 27, 1993.</ref> It is a federally listed [[endangered species]] of the United States. It cannot compete with [[introduced species]] of grasses, such as ''[[Brachiaria subquadripara]]'', which are [[invasive species|invading]] its habitat.<ref name=fed/>
'''''Aristida chaseae''''' is a rare species of [[Poaceae|grass]] known by the common name '''Chase's threeawn'''. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Puerto Rico]], where it is known from two locations in the [[Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge]] and the [[Sierra Bermeja]].<ref name=fed>USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr2277.pdf Determination of Endangered Status for Three Puerto Rican Plants.] ''Federal Register'' April 27, 1993.</ref> It is a federally listed [[endangered species]] of the United States. It cannot compete with [[introduced species]] of grasses, such as ''[[Brachiaria subquadripara]]'', which are [[invasive species|invading]] its habitat.<ref name=fed/>


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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARCH4 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARCH4 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp00659.htm Kew GrassBase Treatment]
*[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp00659.htm Kew GrassBase Treatment]

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[[Category:Aristida|chaseae]]
[[Category:Aristida|chaseae]]
[[Category:Flora of Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Puerto Rico]]





Latest revision as of 11:10, 1 November 2019

Aristida chaseae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Aristida
Species:
A. chaseae
Binomial name
Aristida chaseae

Aristida chaseae is a rare species of grass known by the common name Chase's threeawn. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from two locations in the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge and the Sierra Bermeja.[1] It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It cannot compete with introduced species of grasses, such as Brachiaria subquadripara, which are invading its habitat.[1]

This is a perennial grass producing a tuft of stems up to half a meter high or a bit taller. Plants occurring in the deep soils of Cabo Rojo tend to be more robust than those growing in the poorer soils of the Sierra Bermeja.[2] Cabo Rojo plants occur in coastal grassland habitat, and those in the Sierra grow in acidic clay soils with many rocky outcrops.[2] Development of the Sierra Bermeja is a potential threat for the grass and many other endemic plant species.[2]

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  1. ^ a b USFWS. Determination of Endangered Status for Three Puerto Rican Plants. Federal Register April 27, 1993.
  2. ^ a b c Silander, S. (1995). Sierra Bermeja Plants Recovery Plan. USFWS.
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