NameThatPlant.net: Brachyelytrum aristosum

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Brachyelytrum aristosum FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Shorthusk from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brachyelytrum aristosum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Brachyelytrum aristosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Brachyelytrum aristosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Brachyelytrum septentrionale

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-50-001?:

Brachyelytrum erectum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Brachyelytrum erectum var. septentrionale

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Brachyelytrum erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Brachyelytrum erectum

COMMON NAME:
Northern Shorthusk

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Brachyelytrum aristosum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brachyelytrum aristosum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brachyelytrum aristosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Brachyelytrum aristosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Brachyelytrum septentrionale

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-50-001?:
Brachyelytrum erectum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Brachyelytrum erectum var. septentrionale

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Brachyelytrum erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brachyelytrum erectum

3892

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, mostly at moderate to high elevations, such as northern hardwoods and spruce-fir, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer

FRUIT:
Grain

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

Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p433

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