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Eragrostis cilianensis
candy grass, lovegrass, stink grass, stinkgrass, strongscented lovegrass
El Morro National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Eragrostis cilianensis (Bellardi) Vignolo ex Janch.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

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


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		NM: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Assateague Island National Seashore	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Big Bend National Park	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buffalo National River
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Cape Cod National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Great Falls Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Homestead National Historical Park
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument	Joshua Tree National Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mesa Verde National Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Parashant National Monument	Petroglyph National Monument
Pipe Spring National Monument	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Rock Creek Park	Saguaro National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Tuzigoot National Monument
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Voyageurs National Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/20/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 3:18:18 PM

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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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