Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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3449

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in wet savannas, sphagnous bogs, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Raceme (usually 4 per peduncle)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Andropogon mohrii   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Andropogon mohrii   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-003:
 Andropogon mohrii   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
 Andropogon mohrii

 

COMMON NAME:
 Mohr's Bluestem, Tawny Bluestem, Bog Bluestem

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image of Andropogon mohrii, Mohr's Bluestem, Tawny Bluestem, Bog Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anmo3_001_lvd

        

image of Andropogon mohrii, Mohr's Bluestem, Tawny Bluestem, Bog Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmamohrii

Month Unknown        

Peduncles inserted, 2cm or less long; sheaths inflated, usually overlapping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.