Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aristida beyrichiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Wiregrass is the single most important component of the longleaf pine ecosystem, due to its abundance and ability to carry low-temperature fire through the community. Read more in Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida beyrichiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aristida beyrichiana
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Aristida stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations in the Florida Flora (DB Ward, 2001)
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Aristida beyrichiana
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aristida stricta
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-005?:
Aristida stricta FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida stricta
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida stricta
COMMON NAME:
Southern Wiregrass
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JK Marlow jkm081009_209
October Bamberg County SC
Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay
Leaves densely tufted, 1-1.5mm wide, margins rolled inward, wire-like, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm081009_212
October Bamberg County SC
Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay
Awns divergent, the central 1-1.5cm long, the lateral a little shorter, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aristida beyrichiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida beyrichiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aristida beyrichiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Aristida stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New Combinations in the Florida Flora (DB Ward, 2001)
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Aristida beyrichiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aristida stricta
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-005?:
Aristida stricta
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida stricta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida stricta
2549
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Sandhills, savannas, from very dry to seasonally saturated soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle brownish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellow
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p206
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p289
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p478
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p094
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