Index / Search / Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
§1 Plant
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv. var. canadensis
vernacular bluejoint — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Calamagrostis
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 469 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 469 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
California view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jasper 17079
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Randolph 18135
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 10 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACAC10 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6449051 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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