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Panicum virgatum
switchgrass
Amistad National Recreation Area
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Panicum virgatum L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		switchgrass
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Poaceae, Genus Panicum, Species Panicum virgatum


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		TX: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
El Morro National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Union National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Jewel Cave National Monument
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Niobrara National Scenic River	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Petersburg National Battlefield	Pipestone National Monument
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Saratoga National Historical Park	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Voyageurs National Park
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wind Cave National Park


Last Modified Date:	5/8/2013

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/4/2025 7:26:59 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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