Kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clandestinum)

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Pennisetum Clandestinum, or more commonly know as Kikuyugrass, is a graminoid of the genus Pennisetum. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Pennisetum Clandestinum or Kikuyugrass's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of California and Hawaii.

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Pennisetum
• Family: Poaceae
• Order: Cyperales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Graminoid
• Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (I) VI (I)
• Federal Noxious Status: NW
• Federal Noxious Common Name: kikuyugrass
• State Noxious Status: AL (CAW) CA (CW Q) FL (NW) MA (P) MN (PNW Q) NC (CAW) OR (Q) SC (PP) VT (CAW)
• State Noxious Common Name: AL (kikuyugrass) CA (kikuyugrass) FL (Kikuyu grass) MA (kikuyugrass) MN (Whittet Kikuyu grass kikuyugrass) NC (Kikuyu grass) OR (kikuyugrass) SC (kikuyugrass) VT (kikuyugrass)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: HEAR STATE US WSWS
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU- FACU+
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 0(FACU+) H(FACU-)

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