Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Calamagrostis porteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn differences between Porter's Reedgrass, Cain's Reedgrass (C. cainii), and Bluejoint Reedgrass (C. canadensis) at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This species is typically sterile unless disturbed by fire or mechanically; it is therefore probably more common than collections indicate, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Calamagrostis porteri
COMMON NAME:
Porter's Reedgrass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Calamagrostis porteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Calamagrostis porteri
230
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic forests and woodlands, especially in fire-maintained situations, forest edges, serpentine barrens, cliff bases, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p319
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p069
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