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Xyris stricta

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Pineland Yellow-eyed-grass

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146026

Element CodePMXYR010L0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCommelinales

FamilyXyridaceae

GenusXyris

Synonyms

Xyris stricta var. stricta

Other Common Names

pineland yelloweyed grass (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

This record is for the narrow treatment of Xyris stricta which excludes Xyris louisianica as a distinct species as recognized in Kartesz (1994, 1999) and Weakley et al. (2023) . FNA (vol. 22, 2000) includes Xyris louisianica as a variety (X. stricta var. obscura) of X. stricta, therefore FNA's treatment of X. stricta var. stricta is equivalent in concept to X. stricta in the treatments of Kartesz and Weakley et al.

Conservation Status

Review Date2006-11-30

Change Date2006-11-30

Rank Reasons

Fairly wideranging on the Coastal Plain from North Carolina south to the Florida Panhandle and west to southeastern Texas. Rare according to Weakley (2006) but not thought to be vulnerable to extinction.

Range Extent Comments

From North Carolina to northern Florida and west to east Texas on the Coastal Plain (Kartesz unpublished data 1995, Weakley 2006). Clewell (1985) lists Escambia, Gulf, Jackson and Franklin counties of the Florida Panhandle. St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana (Thomas and Allen 1993).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Depression ponds, wet meadows, ditches (Weakley 2006). Moist sand, sandy-peat, and peat-muck of pine savannas, ditches, clearings, ponds, seeps, etc. (FNA 2000).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Louisiana	S2	Yes
Mississippi	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S1	Yes
North Carolina	S1	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Georgia	S4	Yes
Texas	S1	Yes
Florida	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Florida (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Savannah	Apalachicola National Forest	1,927

References (6)

Clewell, A.F. 1985. Guide to vascular plants of the Florida panhandle. Florida State Univ. Press, Tallahassee, Florida. 605 pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2000. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 22. Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiii + 352 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1995. Species distribution data at county level for vascular plants of the United States, from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, February, 1995.
Thomas, J. W., Ward, J., Raphael, M.G., Anthony, R.G., Forsman, E.D., Gunderson, A.G., Holthausen, R.S., Marcot, B.G., Reeves, G.H., Sedell, J.R. and Solis, D.M. 1993. Viability assessments and management considerations for species associated with late-successional and old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. The report of the Scientific Analysis Team. USDA Forest Service, Spotted Owl EIS Team, Portland Oregon. 530 pp.
Weakley, A.S. 1996. Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia: working draft of 23 May 1996. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Southern Conservation Science Dept., Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Unpaginated.