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Sorghum,
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor
Used for forage, its sweet juice, brooms, etc. Leaf blades to 5cm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Yellow Indiangrass,
Sorghastrum nutans
Note auricled sheaths and narrow flat blades, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Elliot's Indiangrass,
Sorghastrum elliottii
Culms more slender than S. nutans, without rhizomes, blades narrower, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Gama Grass,
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
Leaves largely basal and on lower half of stem, blades to 60 x 3cm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Annual Greenhead Sedge,
Cyperus hortensis
Usually 3 bracts, to 15cm long, 0.5-3mm wide. Leaf blades 1-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Granite Flatsedge,
Cyperus granitophilus
Leaf blades strongly keeled, sheaths reddish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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jointed flatsedge,
Cyperus articulatus
Blades flattish, absent or to 2cm long; leaves usually just a loose sheath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Yellow Nutsedge,
Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus
Leaf blades 2-10mm wide. Bracts 3-7, 2-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Poorland Flatsedge,
Cyperus compressus
Leaf blades 1-2mm wide. Bracts 2-5,1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Green Flatsedge,
Cyperus virens
Leaf blades and inflorescence bracts with conspicuous crossveins, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Baldwin's Flatsedge,
Cyperus croceus
Bracts similar to leaf blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Densetuft Hairsedge,
Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris
Leaf blades filiform, 0.5mm wide, involute, margins ciliate-scabrid, surface glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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Ware's Hairsedge,
Bulbostylis warei
Leaves 1/2 length of culms; blades narrowly linear, 0.7-1mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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Harper's Fimbry,
Fimbristylis perpusilla
Plants diminuitive; leaf blades < 1mm wide; inflorescence bracts 1-2 cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Deerhair Bulrush,
Trichophorum cespitosum
Culms 20-50cm tall, densely ribbed. Blades absent or to 1cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keeled Bulrush,
Isolepis carinata
Culms 6-20cm tall, coarsely ribbed. Blades to 20cm long, 0.5-1mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Woodland Bulrush,
Scirpus expansus
Inflorescence decompound; bracts numerous, similar to blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Woodland Bulrush,
Scirpus expansus
Leaf blades septate, to 6dm long, 6-20mm wide; sheaths purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Georgia Bulrush,
Scirpus georgianus
Coarse tufted perennial from short, thick rhizomes. Blade tips 3-angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Tawny Cottongrass,
Eriophorum virginicum
Leaf blades glabrous, 2-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Tawny Cottongrass,
Eriophorum virginicum
Involucral bracts usually 3, similar to leaf blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Harper's Beaksedge,
Rhynchospora harperi
Principal leaf blades narrowly linear, no wider than 2 mm, per Flora of North America.
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Millet Beaksedge,
Rhynchospora miliacea
Leaves exceeded by culms, blades flat, 4-7(-10)mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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Tall Nutrush,
Scleria triglomerata
Leaves hairless, grasslike, upper leaf blades folded and keeled, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Appalachian Sedge,
Carex appalachica
Leaf blades 0.5-2.5mm wide, sheaths tight, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Yellow-fruited Sedge,
Carex annectens
Leaf blades shorter than flowering stem, sheath fronts indistinctly spotted, per Flora of North America.
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Prickly Bog Sedge,
Carex atlantica
Leaf blades 1.5-3mm wide. Spikes more than 1 per culm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Long's Sedge,
Carex longii
Stems 3-8dm tall, much exceeding leaves. Principal leaf blades 2-4mm wide, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Parasol Sedge,
Carex umbellata
Leaf blades 10-20cm long, 1-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Black-edged Sedge,
Carex nigromarginata
Leaf blades green, greatly exceeding culms, 1.4-4mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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Wood's Sedge,
Carex woodii
Culms [flowering stems] slender, 30-50cm tall. Leaf blades 1.5-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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South Carolina Sedge,
Carex austrocaroliniana
Leaves: basal sheaths purple; blades erect, ascending, or decumbent, green, per Flora of North America.
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South Carolina Sedge,
Carex austrocaroliniana
Widest leaf blade 3-6mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Spreading Sedge,
Carex laxiculmis
Leaf blades erect, ascending, or spreading, usually glaucous, per Flora of North America.
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Thicket Sedge,
Carex abscondita
Leaf blades dark green to grayish blue-green, usually exceeding culms, per Flora of North America.
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Lined Sedge,
Carex striatula
Leaf blades coriaceous, glaucous, 3-8mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Broad Loose-flowered Sedge,
Carex laxiflora
Culms 30-50cm tall, narrowly wing-angled. Blades 2.5-15mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Broad Loose-flowered Sedge,
Carex laxiflora
Leaf blades ascending, midrib and 2 lateral veins developed, occasionally slightly corrugated, per Flora of North America.
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Blue Ridge Purple Sedge,
Carex manhartii
Mature leaf blades of sterile shoots 4-5 (-6) mm wide, green, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Blue Ridge Purple Sedge,
Carex manhartii
Basal sheaths reddish purple, lustrous; sheaths 5-40 mm; blades green, midrib well developed, per Flora of North America.
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Meadow Sedge,
Carex flaccosperma
Leaf blades glaucous, widest blades 6.3-14.7 mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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Necklace Sedge,
Carex prasina
Leaf blades glabrous, 2-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Cherokee Sedge,
Carex cherokeensis
Leaf blades 4-5mm wide; sheaths brownish, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mountain Fringed Sedge,
Carex gynandra
Leaf blades not involute, per Flora of North America.
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Bladder Sedge,
Carex intumescens var. intumescens
Culms 30-60cm tall; blades 2-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Longstalk Sedge,
Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata
Leaves: basal sheaths dark reddish to purplish brown; blades mostly basal, dark green, per Flora of North America.
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Longstalk Sedge,
Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata
Leaf blades equaling or mostly exceeding culms, 1.4-4 mm wide, thick, margins smooth or scabrous, per Flora of North America.
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Saw Palmetto,
Serenoa repens
Petiole ends abruptly in the blade base, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Dwarf Palmetto,
Sabal minor
Leaf blades without a midrib, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Dwarf Palmetto,
Sabal minor
Blade usually divided medially, a long V-shaped gap between the two halves, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama (Godfrey, 1988).
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Coconut Palm,
Cocos nucifera
Leaves pinnate (w well-developed central axis, blade much longer than wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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White Arrow-arum,
Peltandra sagittifolia
Spathe tube light green inside & out, closed; spathe blade white, widely open, per Flora of North America.
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White Arrow-arum,
Peltandra sagittifolia
Leaf blade smaller on average and less variable in shape than P. virginica, per Flora of North America.
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Green Dragon,
Arisaema dracontium
The leafstalk terminates in the center of a single, compound, curving blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Pinellia,
Pinellia ternata
Leaf blade 3-foliolate, sometimes pedate w 5 leaflets. Bulbils present, per Flora of China.
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Green Dragon,
Pinellia tripartita
Leaf blade deeply 3-partite, anterior lobe broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, per Flora of China.
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Green Dragon,
Pinellia tripartita
Leaf blade's anterior lobe broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, sessile, per Flora of China.
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Chinese Green Dragon,
Pinellia pedatisecta
Leaf blade always pedate; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, base cuneate, per Flora of China.
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Green Dragon,
Pinellia tripartita
Spathe persistent, slightly constricted between tube & blade, per Flora of China.
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Giant Yellow-eyed-grass,
Xyris fimbriata
Flowers open 1:00-3:00pm EDT, the petal blades yellow, per Weakley's Flora.