Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Urochloa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum ramosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Brachiaria ramosa
COMMON NAME:
Browntop Millet, Dixie Signalgrass
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JK Marlow jkm150724_517
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Has apparently been widely planted for wildlife food and erosion control in SE, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm150724_529
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Panicles of asending spikelike racemes along an angled axis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
JK Marlow jkm150724_529b
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Spikelets borne singly in each row, 2-4mm long, per Weakley's Flora.