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Italian Rye-grass, Lolium perenne var. aristatum
At least upper lemmas awned (awns to 15mm long); florets 11-22 per spikelet, per Weakley's Flora.
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English Rye-grass, Lolium perenne var. perenne
Lemmas awnless; florets (2-)5-10 per spikelet, per Weakley's Flora.
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Cereal Rye, Secale cereale
Spike 6-15cm long including awns, 12-15mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Cereal Rye, Secale cereale
The lemmas have awns 2-6 cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Bottlebrush Grass, Elymus hystrix var. hystrix
Awned spikelets spread at right angles to rachis; glumes absent or reduced, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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Silky Oatgrass, Danthonia sericea
Lemma awn more than 10mm long, lemma body villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bog Oatgrass, Danthonia epilis
Lemmas villous on margins only, awns 10-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Appalachian Hairgrass, Avenella flexuosa
Spikelets have 2 fertile flowers, each with a lemma with a striking bent awn, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Green Needlegrass, Piptochaetium avenaceum
Glumes 1.5cm long; lemma dark brown, 9-10mm long; awn 4.5-6cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Green Needlegrass, Piptochaetium avenaceum
Awns twisted, 4-6 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Seabeach Needlegrass, Aristida tuberculosa
Awns 30-40mm long, not including "column" of connivent awns twisted together, per Weakley's Flora.
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Southern Wiregrass, Aristida beyrichiana
Awns divergent, the central 1-1.5cm long, the lateral a little shorter, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Arrowfeather, Aristida purpurascens
Awns divergent, 10-25mm long, central awn ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Arrowfeather, Aristida purpurascens
Spikelets with 3 straight to spreading awns, 12-25mm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Sweetgrass, Muhlenbergia capillaris
Spikelets one-flowered, awns 3-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Toothache Grass, Ctenium aromaticum
A recurved 1-sided spike bearing spikelets in 2 rows, with conspicuous awns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Barnyard Grass, Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
Spikelets > 3.5mm long. Sterile lemma usually awned, the awn 6-25mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Silver Plumegrass, Saccharum alopecuroides
Inflorescence of many racemes in a dense, silvery to tawny, plume, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Silver Plumegrass, Saccharum alopecuroides
Awn twisted, bristle hairs from spikelet base longer than spikelet, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Silver Plumegrass, Saccharum alopecuroides
Callus beard exceeds spikelet. Awn spirally twisted, flattened basally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bent-awn Plumegrass, Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum
Awn spirally twisted, flattened basally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Big Bluestem, Andropogon gerardii
Bristles (awns) that project from the flowers are sharply bent, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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Johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense
Spikelets paired: one silky and sessile, one stalked and smooth, both w awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Yellow Indiangrass, Sorghastrum nutans
Spikelets 6-8 mm long, lanceolate, hirsute, the awns 10-15 mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Elliot's Indiangrass, Sorghastrum elliottii
Spikelets 6-7mm long, the awns 25-35mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Annual Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Usually occurs in distinctly weedy habitats, such as roadsides and lawns, per Weakley's Flora.
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Black Oak, Quercus velutina
Leaf blades leathery, upper surfaces shiny, lower w tawny hairs along veins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Running Oak, Quercus elliottii
Leaves usually unlobed, awned at tip, grayish and pubescent on undersurface, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Sawtooth Oak, Quercus acutissima
Leaves resemble those of Castanea, with awn-terminated marginal teeth, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Small-flowered Buttercup, Ranunculus parviflorus
A weed in lawns and waste areas, soft-hairy, with flowers only 1/8" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Aaron's Rod, Thermopsis villosa
Calyx tawny-tomentose, lateral lobes 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Fox Grape, Vitis labrusca
A dense matting of rusty, tawny to whitish, cobwebby hairs beneath, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti
Fruit a ring of united carpels, each extended into an awn and pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Pinesap, Hypopitys monotropa
Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata
Leaves evergreen, both surfaces tawny and scurfy, the lower more so, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Wild Heliotrope, Heliotropium amplexicaule
Stem leaves sessile/sub-sessile, oblong-oblanceolate, sordid, tawny-villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Blue Twinflower, Dyschoriste oblongifolia
Calyx pubescent, 15-20mm long, lobes linear-aristate [awn- or bristle-tipped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Walter's Wingstem, Verbesina walteri
Fruit oval, hairy, black with pale brown wings & 2 bristle-like awns, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Devil's Beggar-ticks, Bidens frondosa
Achenes with a pappus of two barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Devil's Beggar-ticks, Bidens frondosa
Achenes with a pappus of 2 barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Ditch Daisy, Bidens polylepis
Fruits: Achenes; pappus of usually 2 barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Spanish Needles, Bidens bipinnata
Achenes are linear and needle-like with 3-4 barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.