...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tripsacum dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-92-001:
Tripsacum dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tripsacum dactyloides var. occidentale
COMMON NAME:
Gama Grass, Eastern Gamagrass
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JK Marlow jkm0506l_26b
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Its original habitats in our area are poorly understood, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_004
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Male flowers produce orange stamens, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Female flowers produce purple stigmas, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Female flowers &the grains developing from them are in bony beadlike joints, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_044
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
The genus is of interest because it is related to maize, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_048
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090709_059
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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July McCormick County SC
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July McCormick County SC
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July McCormick County SC
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July McCormick County SC
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July McCormick County SC
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July McCormick County SC
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July McCormick County SC
Ligules ciliate, 2-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn08_t_dactyloides_female
August
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August
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Gill Newberry gn09_tripsacum_d_habitat
September
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JK Marlow jkm0509g_06
September Cabarrus County NC
Suther Prairie
Flowers unisexual, male above female on the same spike, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm071027_069
October Abbeville County SC
Field
Leaves largely basal and on lower half of stem, blades to 60 x 3cm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.