Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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
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JK Marlow jkm150724_528
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Has apparently been widely planted for wildlife food and erosion control in SE, per Weakley's Flora.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm150724_529b
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Spikelets borne singly in each row, 2-4mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Gill Newberry gn09_u_ramosa_millet
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_urochoa_ramosa
September
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
-
Brachiaria ramosa
3544
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial
Non-native: Tropical Africa & Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets green, tawny or dull brown
Inflorescence a panicle of ascending spikelike racemes along an angled axis
FRUIT:
Grain
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