Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Alopecurus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-40-001:
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Alopecurus carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Alopecurus ramosus
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Foxtail Grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_alca4_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_alca4_004_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_carolinianus_4895
April Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Panicle greenish, 2-8cm long, 4-6mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-40-001:
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Alopecurus carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Alopecurus ramosus
3851
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist fields, ditches, forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Panicle greenish
Inflorescence a dense spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Spring
Grain olive-green to yellowish
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