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Your search found 298 taxa in the family Poaceae, Grass family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
River Cane, Giant Cane
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Arundinaria gigantea FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arundinaria gigantea FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arundinaria gigantea 029-01-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in bottomland and riparian forests, lower slopes and bluffs along streams, seeps, stream banks, and extending into less mesic and even dry settings on circumneutral or alkaline soils over limestone or dolomite
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in Carolina Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hill Cane
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Arundinaria appalachiana FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Arundinaria appalachiana FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arundinaria gigantea 029-01-001? FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in dry to moist forests on slopes
Common in Mountains (rare to uncommon in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Switch Cane, Small Cane, Mutton Grass
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Arundinaria tecta FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arundinaria tecta FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arundinaria gigantea 029-01-001? FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in savannas, pocosins, canebrakes, generally (but not solely) in wetlands
Common, primarily endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Arrow Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pseudosasa japonica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pseudosasa japonica FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it to be persistent or spreading from plantings
Rare (cultivated as an ornamental)
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Phyllostachys aurea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys aurea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phyllostachys aurea 029-02-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in suburban woodlands
Common in GA, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Coastal Plain, rare Carolina Mtns
Non-native: China & Japan
Common Name:
Yellow-groove Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Phyllostachys aureosulcata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys aureosulcata FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it to be persistent or spreading from ornamental plantings
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Giant Timber Bamboo, Japanese Timber Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Phyllostachys bambusoides FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys bambusoides FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it to be persistent or spreading from ornamental plantings
Rare
Non-native: China
Common Name: Moso Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Phyllostachys heterocycla FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys edulis FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it to be persistent or spreading from ornamental plantings
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
Common Name:
Makinoi Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Poaceae
PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys makinoi FAMILY: Poaceae
Non-native
Common Name: Black Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Phyllostachys nigra FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys nigra FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it to be persistent or spreading from ornamental plantings
Waif(s)
Non-native: China & Japan
Common Name: reddish bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Phyllostachys rubromarginata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys rubromarginata FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it to be persistent or spreading from ornamental plantings
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Pampas Grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cortaderia selloana FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cortaderia selloana FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cortaderia selloana 029-03-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare, cultivated & rarely escaping
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Giant Reed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arundo donax FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arundo donax FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arundo donax 029-04-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Uncommon
Non-native: Old World
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Common Name:
Common Reed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Phragmites australis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phragmites australis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phragmites communis 029-05-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in brackish and freshwater marshes, dredge-spoil deposit islands, ditches
Common in outer Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Non-native
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Common Name:
Carolina Triodia, Carolina Fluffgrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Tridens carolinianus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens carolinianus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens carolinianus 029-08-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in mesic swales in sandhills
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Tridens strictus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens strictus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens strictus 029-08-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in sandhills, moist pine savannas, roadsides
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia? perhaps introduced north & east of GA
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Common Name:
Purpletop, Purpletop Tridens, Greasy Grass, Tall Redtop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Tridens flavus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens flavus var. flavus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens flavus var. flavus 029-08-004a FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, glades
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Sandgrass, Perennial Sandgrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Triplasis americana FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triplasis americana FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Triplasis americana 029-09-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in open sandy areas
Common in Coastal Plain (endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Sandgrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Triplasis purpurea var. purpurea FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Triplasis purpurea FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Triplasis purpurea 029-09-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it on dunes, maritime dry grasslands, open sandy areas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Slender Woodoats, Slender Spikegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Chasmanthium laxum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chasmanthium laxum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola laxa 029-10-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in savanna-pocosin ecotones, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, moist hardwood swamps, other moist habitats
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Longleaf Woodoats, Longleaf Spikegrass, Upland Oats
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Chasmanthium sessiliflorum var. sessiliflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Chasmanthium sessiliflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola sessiliflora 029-10-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in moist hardwood forests, swamps, other moist habitats
Common (uncommon or rare north of SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-Pole, Indian Woodoats
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Chasmanthium latifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chasmanthium latifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola latifolia 029-10-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it on riverbanks, streambanks, in bottomland forests, seepages & glades over mafic or calcareous rock, usually in nutrient-rich soils
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sea Oats
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Uniola paniculata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Uniola paniculata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola paniculata 029-10-004 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it - it's abundant on unforested primary & secondary dunes on barrier islands, and on dry to mesic sand flats & interdune swales
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Stinkgrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis cilianensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis cilianensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis cilianensis 029-11-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in SC Coastal Plain
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
gophertail lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis ciliaris FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis ciliaris 029-11-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it on sandy shores
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Lovegrass, Teal Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis hypnoides FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis hypnoides FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis hypnoides 029-11-005 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in marshes, on shores, riverbanks
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lacegrass, Lace Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis capillaris FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis capillaris FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis capillaris 029-11-006 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont & Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Weeping Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis curvula FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis curvula FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis curvula 029-11-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it on roadsides
Common
Non-native: southern Africa
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Common Name:
Bigtop Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis hirsuta FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis hirsuta FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis hirsuta 029-11-009 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
India Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis pilosa FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis pilosa 029-11-011 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Tropics
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Common Name:
Purple Lovegrass, Tumblegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eragrostis spectabilis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis spectabilis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis spectabilis 029-11-012 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in sandy fields, roadsides, woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Elliott's Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Eragrostis elliottii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis elliottii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis elliottii 029-11-014 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in ultisol wet pine savannas, maritime wet grasslands, inland edges of brackish marshes, inland edges of freshwater tidal marshes, calcareously-influenced wet pine savannas
Common in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare northwards
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Lesser Quaking-grass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Briza minor FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Briza minor FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Briza minor 029-12-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, other disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Orchard Grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Dactylis glomerata FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Dactylis glomerata + FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dactylis glomerata 029-13-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in pastures, fields, woodland edges, roadsides
Common (uncommon in NC-SC, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Downy Brome, Downy Chess, Downy Cheat, Cheatgrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Bromus tectorum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus tectorum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus tectorum 029-14-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Beardgrass, Annual Beardgrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Polypogon monspeliensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polypogon monspeliensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polypogon monspeliensis 029-14-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in brackish marshes, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in NC, rare in GA Piedmont)
Non-native: southern Europe to western Asia
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Common Name:
Poverty Brome, Barren Brome, Cheatgrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Bromus sterilis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus sterilis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus sterilis 029-14-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare in NC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Smooth Brome, Hungarian Brome
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Bromus inermis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus inermis 029-14-004 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common in Mountains (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Bromus pubescens FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus pubescens FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus purgans 029-14-006 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in mesic forests, generally on rocky slopes
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Riverbank Brome, Auricled Brome, Hairy Woodbrome, Earlyleaf Brome
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Bromus latiglumis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus latiglumis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus purgans 029-14-006? FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in alluvial soils along rivers
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Satin Brome, Virginia Brome, Nottoway River Brome
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Bromus nottowayanus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus nottowayanus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus purgans 029-14-006? FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in moist forests, especially along small stream bottoms
Rare? The range of this species is poorly known, owing to confusion between it, B. pubescens & B. latiglumis
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Rescue Grass
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Bromus catharticus var. catharticus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Bromus catharticus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus catharticus 029-14-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains, uncommon in GA Piedmont)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Cheat, Common Chess, Rye Brome
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Bromus secalinus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus secalinus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus secalinus 029-14-008 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in Mountains & GA Piedmont, rare in GA Mtns & GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Soft Chess, Lopgrass, Soft Brome
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus mollis 029-14-009 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bromus commutatus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Bromus racemosus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus commutatus 029-14-010 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Smooth Brome, Bald Brome
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bromus racemosus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Bromus racemosus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus commutatus 029-14-010? FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Japanese Chess, Japanese Brome
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Bromus japonicus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Bromus arvensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus japonicus 029-14-011 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Field Brome
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Bromus arvensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bromus arvensis FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Poa annua FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa annua FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa annua 029-15-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Canada Bluegrass, Flat-stemmed Bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Poa compressa FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa compressa FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa compressa 029-15-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Uncommon (common in NC Mtns; rare in GA Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe (?) (but often found in remote natural areas)
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Common Name:
Autumn Bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Poa autumnalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa autumnalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa autumnalis 029-15-006 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in moist or dry nutrient-rich forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Rough Bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Poa trivialis ssp. trivialis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Poa trivialis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa trivialis 029-15-009 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in moist forests, disturbed areas, bottomlands
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
early bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Poa cuspidata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa cuspidata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa cuspidata 029-15-011 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in moist forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Poa sylvestris FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa sylvestris FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa sylvestris 029-15-012 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in moist to dry-mesic forests
Common in GA & NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Kentucky Bluegrass, Junegrass, Speargrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa pratensis 029-15-013 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Two-flower Melicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Melica mutica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Melica mutica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Melica mutica 029-16-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in forests and woodlands, including coastal fringe and maritime forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Mannagrass, Floating Mannagrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Glyceria septentrionalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glyceria septentrionalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Glyceria septentrionalis 029-17-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in shallow water, wet mucky soils, floodplain sloughs, cypress ponds
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fowl Mannagrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Glyceria striata var. striata FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Glyceria striata FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Glyceria striata 029-17-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in wet meadows, seepages, bogs, marshes, swamp forests, freshwater tidal marshes, bottomland forests in mesic soils
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rat-tail Fescue
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Festuca myuros FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vulpia myuros FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Festuca myuros 029-18-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in fields, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in Mtns & GA Pdmt) (rare in GA Coastal Plain & NC Mtns)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Southern Six-weeks Fescue
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Festuca octoflora var. octoflora FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Festuca octoflora 029-18-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Look for it in fields, on roadsides, in disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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