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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cynodon dactylon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynodon dactylon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-54-001:
Cynodon dactylon
FAMILY
Poaceae
GREATER THAN
Flora of North America
Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Capriola dactylon
COMMON NAME:
Bermuda Grass, Scotch Grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cada5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_cyda_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn06_c_dactylon_bermuda_g
June
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JK Marlow jkm080617_008
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080617_010
June Greenville County SC
Old bladeless sheaths of the stolon often forming conspicuous "dog's teeth", per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm080617_013
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080617_014
June Greenville County SC
Leaf blades flat, those of the basal offshoots often conspicously 2-ranked, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow s080618_b
June Greenville County SC
Several slender spikes digitate at the summit of the upright culms, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm140925_955
September Greenville County SC
Furman University
Its creeping habit & palmately compound inflorescence make it easy to ID, per www.missouriplants.com
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JK Marlow jkm140925_956b
September Greenville County SC
Furman University
Spikelets 1-flowered, awnless, sessile in 2 rows along one side of rachis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org bug_1459060
Month Unknown
Extensively creeping by scaly rhizomes or strong flat stolons, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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D. Walters and C. Southwick, Table Grape Weed Disseminule ID, USDA APHIS ITP, B bug_5462894
Month Unknown