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Common Name:
River Cane, Giant Cane
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria gigantea
Its flowering and subsequent death reported to be at 30-40 year intervals, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
Common Name:
Hill Cane
LESS THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Arundinaria tecta var. decidua
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Common Name:
Switch Cane, Small Cane
LESS THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
LESS THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria tecta
Flowers more frequently than A. gigantea, supposedly every 3-4 years, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Arrow Bamboo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Pseudosasa japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Sasa japonica
Common Name:
Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phyllostachys aurea
Common Name:
Yellow-groove Bamboo
Common Name:
Giant Timber Bamboo, Japanese Timber Bamboo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phyllostachys bambusoides
(?)
Catalogue of New World grasses: Vol. I (Judziewicz et al., 2000)
Phyllostachys pubescens
Common Name:
Makinoi Bamboo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Catalogue of New World grasses: Vol. I (Judziewicz et al., 2000)
Phyllostachys nigra
GREATER THAN
Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Phyllostachys nigra var. henionis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Catalogue of New World grasses: Vol. I (Judziewicz et al., 2000)
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
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Common Name:
Pampas Grass
Flower plumes light violet to silvery white, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Common Name:
Giant Reed
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundo donax var. donax
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundo donax var. versicolor
Cornstalk-like culms over 20' high topped by 3' feathery plumes of flowers, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Common Name:
Common Reed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Phragmites australis ssp. australis
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phragmites phragmites
Panicle tawny or purplish, 15-40cm long, the branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triodia spp.
Common Name:
Carolina Triodia, Carolina Fluffgrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triodia drummondii
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Common Name:
Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triodia stricta
Panicle dense & spike-like, > 4x long as wide, branches ascending to appressed, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Purpletop, Purpletop Tridens, Greasy Grass, Tall Redtop
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triodia flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens flavus
Spikelets usually red or purple at maturity w 4-8 flowers in a herringbone, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Common Name:
Southern Sandgrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Triplasis americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triplasis americana
Common Name:
Purple Sandgrass
LESS THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Triplasis purpurea
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triplasis purpurea
Common Name:
Slender Woodoats, Slender Spikegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola laxa
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Common Name:
Longleaf Woodoats, Upland Oats, Longleaf Spikegrass
LESS THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola sessiliflora
Spikelets flat, subsessile, glumes and lemmas weakly nerved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-Pole, Indian Woodoats
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola latifolia
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Common Name:
Sea Oats
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Uniola paniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola paniculata
Flowers arranged in a showy drooping panicle w numerous flattened spikelets, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis cilianensis
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Common Name:
gophertail lovegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Eragrostis ciliaris
Spikelets 6-12 flowered, 2-4mm long; keels of palea stiffly long-ciliate, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Common Name:
Creeping Lovegrass, Teal Lovegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hypnoides
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Common Name:
Lacegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis capillaris
Panicle open, diffuse, usually 2/3 the entire height of the plant, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Common Name:
Weeping Lovegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis curvula
Panicles 20-30cm long, branches solitary or in pairs, ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Common Name:
Bigtop Lovegrass
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hirsuta var. hirsuta
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hirsuta var. laevivaginata
Common Name:
India Lovegrass
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis multicaulis
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis pilosa
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Common Name:
Purple Lovegrass, Tumblegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis spectabilis
Profusely & finely branched panicle, rigid upright, turning purple, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Common Name:
Elliott's Lovegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis elliottii
Spikelets linear, mostly 8-15 flowered, 5-12mm; lemmas closely imbricate, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Briza minor
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Common Name:
Orchard Grass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Dactylis glomerata
Panicle's few, distant, stiff branches ascending, or spreading at anthesis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Common Name:
Downy Brome, Downy Chess, Downy Cheat, Cheatgrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus tectorum
Panicles 5-20cm long, have numerous branches, and retain an open quality, per www.invasive.org.
Common Name:
Rabbitfoot Grass, Beardgrass, Annual Beardgrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Polypogon monspeliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Polypogon monspeliensis
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Common Name:
Poverty Brome, Barren Brome, Cheatgrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus sterilis
Panicle 10-20cm long, the branches drooping, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Common Name:
Smooth Brome, Hungarian Brome
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus inermis
Panicle branches whorled, spreading in flower (contracted at maturity), per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Common Name:
Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus purgans var. purgans
Panicle open, branches usually spreading. Spikelets 6-9 flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Rescue Grass
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus catharticus
Panicle open, as much as 20cm long, branches naked at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Common Name:
Cheat, Common Chess, Ryebrome
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus secalinus
LESS THAN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Bromus hordeaceus
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Common Name:
Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome
LESS THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bromus racemosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus commutatus
Pedicels longer than the spikelets; lemma awns 5-12mm long, straight, per Weakley's Flora.
LESS THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bromus racemosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus racemosus
Common Name:
Japanese Chess
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus japonicus var. japonicus
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus japonicus var. porrectus
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Common Name:
Field Brome
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus arvensis
Resembling B. japonicus, spikelets thinner, flatter, often tinged w purple, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Common Name:
Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa annua
Common Name:
Canada Bluegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa compressa
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Common Name:
Autumn Bluegrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa autumnalis
Spikelets 4-6 flowered, about 6mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
LESS THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa trivialis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Poa trivialis ssp. trivialis
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Common Name:
early bluegrass
Spikelets 3- or 4-flowered, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poa sylvestris
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Common Name:
Kentucky Bluegrass, Junegrass, Speargrass
Spikelets crowded, 3-5 flowered, lemmas copiously webbed at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Common Name:
Melic Grass, Two-flower Melic
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Melica mutica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Melica mutica
Each spikelet ordinarily contains 2 fertile florets, hence the common name, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Eastern Mannagrass, Floating Mannagrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Glyceria septentrionalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicularia septentrionalis
Panicle 20-40cm long, branches to 10cm long, often spreading at anthesis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Common Name:
Fowl Mannagrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Glyceria striata var. striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicularia striata
Panicle ovoid, open, nodding, the branches ascending at base, naked below, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Common Name:
Rat-tail Fescue
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Vulpia myuros
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca myuros
Common Name:
Southern Six-weeks Fescue
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
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