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Vulpia myuros
(Poaceae)

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Species description or overview

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


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Vulpia myuros
Nomenclatural information about Vulpia myuros is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Vulpia myuros information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Vulpia myuros--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Vulpia myuros information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Vulpia myuros, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Vulpia myuros
Nomenclatural information about Vulpia myuros is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

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


Risk assessments

Weed risk assessment for Vulpia myuros for Florida (TNC) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
A weed risk assessment for Vulpia myuros for Florida is presented by The Nature Conservancy (Doria Gordon et al.).


Images

Images of Vulpia myuros (Poaceae) (rat tail fescue)
Links to high-resolution free images of Vulpia myuros (Poaceae) (rat tail fescue) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Vulpia myuros information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Vulpia myuros in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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


Distribution

Vulpia myuros information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Vulpia myuros in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Vulpia myuros information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Vulpia myuros--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Weeds of the West
Whitson, Tom D., Larry C. Burrill, Steven A. Dewey, David W. Cudney, B.E. Nelson, Richard D. Lee, and Robert Parker. Whitson, Tom D. (ed.) . 2001. Weeds of the West. 9th ed. Laramie: University of Wyoming. ISBN: 0-941570-13-4.


Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.


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