Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Axonopus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-002:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus furcatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Paspalum furcatum
COMMON NAME:
Big Carpetgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anfu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_axfu_001_lhd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_furcatus_70465
October Polk County FL
Spikelets with lower lemmas adjacent to the branch axes (lower glumes absent), per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-002:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus furcatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Paspalum furcatum
3860
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in sandy forests, bottomlands, roadsides, calcareous wet meadows, lawns, 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
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence of 1-sided, spikelike primary branches
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/ Grayish
Grain
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