Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chasmanthium laxum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium laxum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-001:
Uniola laxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola laxa
COMMON NAME:
Slender Woodoats, Slender Spikegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_chla6_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_unla4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_unla4_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060730_031
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060730_032
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060730_033
July Pickens County SC
Spikelets flat and nearly sessile, with 1-4 fertile and 1 sterile flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0510b_01
October Greenville County SC
Similar to C. sessiliflorum except sheaths hairless, blades 3-6mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow s051015_d
October Greenville County SC
Collar (junction of leaf & sheath) glabrous or nearly so, leaves 3-7mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s081102_c
November Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow s081102_d
November Columbia County GA
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chasmanthium laxum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium laxum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-001:
Uniola laxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola laxa
2160
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Savanna-pocosin ecotones, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, moist hardwood swamps, other moist habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain brownish/Blackish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p210
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p182
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p400