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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Uniola paniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uniola paniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Uniola paniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-004:
Uniola paniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola paniculata
COMMON NAME:
Sea Oats
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmupaniculata_naples3
June Collier County FL
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JK Marlow jkm090716_004
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Flowers arranged in a showy drooping panicle w numerous flattened spikelets, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm090716_005
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm090716_009
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Coarse, rhizomatous perennial; culms 1-2m tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090716_011
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaves basal and cauline. Leaf blades long attenuate, to 60cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090716_016
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Nodes and internodes glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090716_017
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaf surfaces & margins glabrous, sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090716_019
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_u_paniculata_3364
July Bahamas
Spikelets conspicuously flattened, with 8-20 florets, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_12
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_u_paniculata_71556
October Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm0111b_13a
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5759
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5763
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
The most important sand-binding grass on ocean dunes from NC south, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Uniola paniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uniola paniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Uniola paniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-004:
Uniola paniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola paniculata
1569
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Abundant on unforested primary and secondary dunes on barrier islands, and on dry to mesic sand flats and interdune swales, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets yellowish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p238
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p347
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p179
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p083
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p150
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p005
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p005