3543

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common, uncommon, or rare in GA-NC-SC - depending on physiographic province

Look for it in interdune wetlands, various other wet to damp habitats, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain whitish
Grain

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p712?

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-002?:
Echinochloa crusgalli   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Echinochloa muricata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Echinochloa crus-galli ssp. crus-galli