Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Alopecurus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Alopecurus carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Alopecurus carolinianus
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alopecurus carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Alopecurus carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Alopecurus carolinianus
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
Habitat: Moist fields, ditches, forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Piedmont & in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Panicle greenish
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain olive-green to yellowish
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