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Common Reed,
Phragmites australis
Panicle tawny or purplish, 15-40cm long, the branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Southern Sandgrass,
Triplasis americana
Spikelets usually purplish. Lemmas deeply cleft, awn more than 5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Purple Sandgrass,
Triplasis purpurea var. purpurea
Spikelets usually purplish. Lemmas cleft, awns straight, 0.5-1.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Downy Brome,
Bromus tectorum
Lemmas narrowly lanceolate, toothed, with slender straight awns, per www.invasive.org.
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Poverty Brome,
Bromus sterilis
Spikelets 2.5-3.5cm long, 6-10 flowered; lemma awn 2-3cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Poverty Brome,
Bromus sterilis
Lemma awns 15-30mm, as long as or longer than lemma body, slender, straight, per Flora of North America.
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Smooth Brome,
Bromus inermis
The bract enclosing the flower (the lemma) does not have a bristle (awn), per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Italian Rye-grass,
Lolium perenne var. aristatum
At least upper lemmas awned (awns to 15mm long), 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
Lemmas convex, rigid, tapering into slender, straight awns 1-4cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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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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Carolina Wiregrass,
Aristida stricta
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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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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Southeastern Slim-spike Three-awn,
Aristida longespica
Central awn sharply curved at base, spreading; lateral awns erect, 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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Big Three-awn,
Aristida condensata
Awns equal, divergent, 10-15mm long, the base more or less contorted, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Pink Muhlygrass,
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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Bermuda Grass,
Cynodon dactylon
Spikelets 1-flowered, awnless, sessile in 2 rows along one side of rachis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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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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Itch-grass,
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Spikelets awnless, in pairs at the nodes of a thickened articulate rachis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Silver Plumegrass,
Erianthus 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,
Erianthus 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,
Erianthus alopecuroides
Callus beard exceeds spikelet. Awn spirally twisted, flattened basally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bent-awn Plumegrass,
Erianthus contortus
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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Lopsided Indiangrass,
Sorghastrum secundum
Awn 20-35mm long, twice-geniculate, twisted below second the bend, 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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Redroot,
Lachnanthes caroliniana
Stems distally whitish villous-tomentose when young, becoming tawny-hoary, per Flora of North America.
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Beaked Hazelnut,
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
Fruit husk drawn out into an elongate beak and covered by short stiff hairs, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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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
Rachis and calyx tawny-tomentose, pedicels strongly ascendent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Spiked Hoarypea,
Tephrosia spicata
Plants conspicuously tawny long-pilose with rusty brown hairs, per Weakley's Flora.
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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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Lawn Water-pennywort,
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Greatly increasing as a lawn and garden weed, per Weakley's Flora.
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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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Downy Phlox,
Phlox pilosa
Calyx lobes subulate [awn-shaped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Clasping 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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Canada Thistle,
Cirsium arvense
Pappus tawny, plumose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tall Ironweed,
Vernonia gigantea
Nutlets 3-4mm long; pappus tawny to purple, 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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Ditch Daisy,
Bidens polylepis
Fruits: Achenes; pappus of usually 2 barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.