OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Triodia, Carolina Fluffgrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tridens carolinianus   FAMILY: Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens carolinianus   FAMILY: Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens carolinianus 029-08-001   FAMILY: Poaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic swales in sandhills

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tridens strictus   FAMILY: Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens strictus   FAMILY: Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens strictus 029-08-002   FAMILY: Poaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, moist pine savannas, woodlands and pine or oak savannas inland from the Coastal Plain, mesic to wet soils around swamps and marshes, roadsides

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia? perhaps introduced north & east of GA

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purpletop, Purpletop Tridens, Greasy Grass, Tall Redtop

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tridens flavus   FAMILY: Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens flavus var. flavus   FAMILY: Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens flavus var. flavus 029-08-004a   FAMILY: Poaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, glades, barrens

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"Today few people are proficient in the ordering and naming of life. There are the dwindling professional taxonomists, and fast-declining peoples like the Tzeltal Maya of Mexico, among whom a 2-year-old can name more than 30 different plants and whose 4-year-olds can recognize nearly 100." — Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World