Aquatic
...Wet
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Leersia oryzoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia oryzoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-62-004:
Leersia oryzoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leersia oryzoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Homalocenchrus oryzoides
COMMON NAME:
Rice Cutgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hoor3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_leor_002_lvd
Culms slender, weak, often decumbent at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_leor_008_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn10_leersia
October
Spikelets elliptic, sparsely hispidulous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Gill Newberry gn10_leersia2
October
Axillary panicles partly included in the sheaths, spikelets cleistogamous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Gill Newberry gn10_leersia_habitat
October
Sheaths and blades strongly retrorsely scabrous, blades mostly 8-10mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.