Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tripsacum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tripsacum dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-92-001:
Tripsacum dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
INCLUDING
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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JK Marlow jkm0506l_34
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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JK Marlow jkm090709_008
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Male flowers produce orange stamens, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_019
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Female flowers produce purple stigmas, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_035
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090709_040
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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JK Marlow jkm090709_056
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090709_059
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm160715_292
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160715_293
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160715_297
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160715_325
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160715_327
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160715_329
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160715_330
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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Gill Newberry gn08_t_dactyloides_male
August
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Gill Newberry gn09_tripsacum_d_habitat
September
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Keith Bradley kab_t_dactyloides_74056
September Miami-Dade County FL
Camp Owaissa Bauer
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tripsacum dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-92-001:
Tripsacum dactyloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tripsacum dactyloides var. occidentale
1560
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it on roadsides, in moist areas, disturbed areas, moist riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes thick and knotty
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p216
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p790
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p140