Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erianthus strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Erianthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Awn twisting is judged from dry material, either herbarium specimens, mature (and dry) material in the field. With material that is not fully dry, a good life hack is to leave all or part of an inflorescence on the dashboard of a car to dry, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum baldwinii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Saccharum baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-003:
Erianthus strictus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erianthus strictus
COMMON NAME:
Narrow Plumegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erst2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_erianthus_strictus1
September Cumberland County NC
Panicle usually 1-3cm broad, the branches closely appressed, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_erianthus_strictus3
September Cumberland County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erianthus strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum baldwinii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Saccharum baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-003:
Erianthus strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erianthus strictus
2531
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, clay-based Carolina bays, depression ponds, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle usually tawny or brownish
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p213
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p743
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