Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Erianthus brevibarbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Erianthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:
Erianthus brevibarbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus
COMMON NAME:
Short-beard Plumegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erbr2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erbr2_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ercoe2_001_lvd
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September Chester County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_s_breviba_brevib_4243
September Chester County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Erianthus brevibarbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:
Erianthus brevibarbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus
2532
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA, rare elsewhere
Look for it in marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle tawny or purplish
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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