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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Danthonia epilis   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia epilis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Danthonia sericea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001b:

Danthonia sericea var. epilis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Danthonia epilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Danthonia epilis

 

COMMON NAME:
Bog Oatgrass


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_daep2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm220412_6755

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm220412_6776

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm220421_7126

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm220421_7129

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdepilis_pc1

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdepilis_pc3

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

Panicle 5-10cm long, relatively many-flowered, the branches bearing 2-6 spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdepilis_pc4

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Danthonia epilis, Bog Oatgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdepilis_pc5

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

Nearly glabrous foliage, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).


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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdepilis_pcseep1

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

Lemmas villous only on the margins and toward the base; awn twisted at base a single time, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Danthonia epilis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia epilis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Danthonia sericea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001b:
Danthonia sericea var. epilis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia epilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Danthonia epilis

 

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2419

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Peaty bogs in the Coastal Plain and Mountains, seeps around rock outcrops in the Piedmont and Mountains, granitic domes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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