Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

Axonopus compressus
(Poaceae)

American carpet grass, Louisiana grass, blanket grass, broadleaf carpet grass, carpet grass, lawn grass, tropical carpet grass

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Species description or overview

Axonopus compressus information from PIER
Information on Axonopus compressus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Axonopus compressus
Nomenclatural information about Axonopus compressus is provided by ITIS.


Impacts

Axonopus compressus (Poaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Axonopus compressus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Axonopus compressus (Poaceae) (wide-leaved carpetgrass)
Links to high-resolution free images of Axonopus compressus (Poaceae) (wide-leaved carpetgrass) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Axonopus compressus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Axonopus compressus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Axonopus compressus images from PIER
Images of Axonopus compressus provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Axonopus compressus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Axonopus compressus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.


Full-text articles

The grasses of Hawaii
Hitchcock, A.S. 1922. The grasses of Hawaii. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press : New York, Kraus Reprint Co. (1974). 235 pp. illus. (line drawings).

Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest
Medeiros, A.C. 2004. Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.


Bibliography

References for Axonopus compressus
Bibliographic references for Axonopus compressus are provided by HEAR.


Other resources

The grasses of Hawaii
Hitchcock, A.S. 1922. The grasses of Hawaii. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press : New York, Kraus Reprint Co. (1974). 235 pp. illus. (line drawings).


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