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Twisted-hair Spikemoss,
Bryodesma tortipilum
The small, tightly overlapping, linear leaves have apical, twisted bristles, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Appalachian Filmy-fern,
Vandenboschia boschiana
Sporangia borne on stalks or bristles projecting from conelike indusia, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Dwarf Filmy-fern,
Didymoglossum petersii
Sporangia borne on stalks or bristles projecting from conelike indusia, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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River Cane,
Arundinaria gigantea
Bristles 6-9mm long on both sides of the throat, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Giant Timber Bamboo,
Phyllostachys bambusoides
Leaf sheaths with 2 tufts of bristles on auricles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Virginia Wild-rye,
Elymus virginicus
Can be confused with Secale cereale which often nods but has longer bristles, per Grasses, an Identification Guide by Lauren Brown.
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Yellow Foxtail,
Setaria pumila
Longer bristles 2-3x as long as the spikelet, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Yellow Foxtail,
Setaria pumila
4-12 bristles below each spikelet, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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coastal bristlegrass,
Setaria corrugata
Bristles green or purple, to 2cm long - much exceeding the spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Slimbristle Sandspur,
Cenchrus brownii
Most outer bristles equaling or slightly exceeding inner, flattened bristles, per Utah State University: Intermountain Herbarium.
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Tender Fountaingrass,
Cenchrus setaceus
Pennisetum's spikelets are surrounded by an involucre of bristles, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Chinese Fountaingrass,
Cenchrus purpurascens
Softly bristly panicles 8-15cm long; bristles of the fascicles to 2cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Big Bluestem,
Andropogon gerardi
Bristles (awns) that project from the flowers are sharply bent, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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Saltmarsh Bulrush,
Bolboschoenus robustus
Inflorescence relatively congested, most w 5-20 spikelets; bristles ~ caducous, per Weakley's Flora.
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Georgia Bulrush,
Scirpus georgianus
Spikelets in umbellate clusters or heads. Nutlets whitish; bristles us. absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tawny Cottongrass,
Eriophorum virginicum
Produces many long, soft, cotton-like bristles when in fruit, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Radford's Sedge,
Carex radfordii
The scales on the female-flowered spikes have long bristles, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia,
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
The protruding lip has purple markings and a blotch of yellow bristles, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Bearded Grass-pink,
Calopogon barbatus
The bright yellow bristles on the lip resemble stamens full of pollen, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Grass-pink,
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
Upper petal (lip) narrow, spreading to a triangular tip w orange bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Pin Oak,
Quercus palustris
Leaves deeply 5-7 lobed, sinuses rounded, larger lobes with 3+ bristles, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Scarlet Oak,
Quercus coccinea
Leaves deeply 5-9 lobed, sinuses rounded, larger lobes with 3+ bristles, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Spotted Lady's-thumb,
Persicaria maculosa
Bristles of ocreae 0.2-1.3 (-2) mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Spotted Lady's-thumb,
Persicaria maculosa
Similar to P. longiseta, but bristles on the leaf node collars only 2mm long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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European Barberry,
Berberis vulgaris
Leaf margins finely serrate, each w (8)16-30 teeth tipped w spines or bristles, per Flora of North America.
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Waterwheel-plant,
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Leaf whorls 1-2cm in diam., bristles extending slightly beyond leaf blade, per Flora of China.
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Miccosukee Gooseberry,
Ribes echinellum
Ovary and fruit are densely covered in long, gland-tipped bristles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Dewberry,
Rubus flagellaris
Stems armed with stout-based and usually recurved prickles (bristles lacking), per Weakley's Flora.
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Swamp Dewberry,
Rubus hispidus
Slender stems trailing on ground, terete, with bristles, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Southern Agrimony,
Agrimonia parviflora
Hypanthium with several rows of hooked bristles encloses the single nutlet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Woodland Agrimony,
Agrimonia rostellata
Fruiting hypanthia hemispheric, hooked bristles in 2-3 circumferential rows, per Flora of North America.
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Downy Agrimony,
Agrimonia pubescens
Hypanthium with several rows of hooked bristles enclosing the single nutlet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Buffalo Clover,
Trifolium reflexum
Calyx lobes subulate [awl-shaped], setaceous [having bristles], < 0.4mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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Dwarf Bristly Locust,
Robinia nana
Resembling R. hispida (Bristly Locust) but lacking its bristles. — Will Stuart
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Kelsey's Locust,
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
Twigs glabrous or with a few bristles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Nettleleaf Noseburn,
Tragia urticifolia
Spherical capsule in 3s, 4-10mm wide, greenish with white bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Canada Enchanter's Nightshade,
Circaea canadensis
Fruit uncinate-bristly [the bristles have hooks at their tips], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bristly Sarsaparilla,
Aralia hispida
Lower stem beset w slender bristles, also several bipinnate cauline leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Canada Sanicle,
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
Fruit pedicellate, bristles in indistinct rows w swollen bases [& hooked tips], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Small's Sanicle,
Sanicula smallii
Sepals on mature fruit somewhat spreading, immersed in adjacent fruit bristles, per Weakley's Flora.
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Ravenel's Eryngo,
Eryngium ravenelii
Leaves w primary veins pinnate-reticulate, with or without marginal bristles, per Weakley's Flora.
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Queen Anne's Lace,
Daucus carota
Bristles of fruit simple or weakly uncinate, rarely weakly glochidiate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bur Chervil,
Anthriscus caucalis
Mericarps densely beset with hooked (uncinate) bristles, ribs obsolete, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Swamp Azalea,
Rhododendron serrulatum
Leaves glabrous below, except for strigose bristles along midrib & major veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Spotted Phacelia,
Phacelia maculata
Sepals have prominent bristles at their margins, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
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Clingman's Hedgenettle,
Stachys clingmanii
Differs from S. latidens in having long spreading bristles on stem's angles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Poor-joe,
Hexasepalum teres
Leaves stiff with bristles at their base, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Poor-joe,
Hexasepalum teres
Stipules to 0.4" long have a short sheath and 5-8 bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Cleavers,
Galium aparine
Angled rough-textured stem with short recurved bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Common Cocklebur,
Xanthium chinense
Female flowers enclosed by the involucre, forming a bur w hooked bristles, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Barbed Rattlesnake-root,
Nabalus barbatus
Phyllaries densely setose [covered with bristles], per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Annual Sowthistle,
Sonchus oleraceus
Pappus bristles white, capillary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Carolina False-dandelion,
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Pappus bristles whitish-tan, capillary, 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Dandelion,
Taraxacum officinale
Fruits olive-brown achenes, pappus a tuft of white hairlike bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Small's Ragwort,
Packera anonyma
Fruit ellipsoid achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Golden Ragwort,
Packera aurea
Fruits brownish cylindric achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Rugel's Ragwort,
Rugelia nudicaulis
Achenes are brown, smooth & cylindric; pappus is a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Fireweed,
Erechtites hieraciifolius
Nutlets tapered, brown, ribbed, topped by soft and bright-white bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Common Yellow Thistle,
Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum
The bristles (technically "pappus") on seeds expand into fluffy thistledown, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Nodding Thistle,
Carduus nutans
The pappus bristles of Carduus are simple (vs. feathery in Cirsium), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.