Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lolium pratense
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Meadow Fescue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schedonorus pratensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Lolium pratense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Festuca pratensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Festuca elatior var. pratensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca elatior
COMMON NAME:
Meadow Fescue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_feel_001_lvd
The best generic placement of this and S. arundinaceus is disputed, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_feel_002_lvd
In Manual of the Grasses (Hitchcock & Chase) this is called Festuca elatior.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_fepr_002_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pratensis1
May Moore County NC
Panicle erect, or summit nodding, branches spikelet-bearing nearly to base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lolium pratense
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schedonorus pratensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Lolium pratense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Festuca pratensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Festuca elatior var. pratensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca elatior
1929
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon in GA (rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, 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.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain
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