3799

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Non-native: Eastern Hemisphere

Documented growing wild in - - -

Considered a noxious invasive. Reported in MD-VA & expected to seriously spread.

Look for it in moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast
• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014

 

...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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

• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US p021

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oplismenus undulatifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

LESS THAN The genera of Paniceae (Gramineae: Panicoideae) in the se. US (Crins, 1991)
Oplismenus hirtellus