Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-003:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa walteri
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Barnyard Grass, Coast Cockspur-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecwa_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ecwa_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ecwa_005_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_walteri_1300
May Miami-Dade County FL
Panicle branches spikelike, spikelets congested on short secondary branches, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_walteri_71748
August Miami-Dade County FL
Tip of the fertile lemma is abuptly pointed & doesn't enclose tip of palea, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_ewalteri_71753
August Miami-Dade County FL
Fertile lemma hard, shiny and smooth (as in Paspalum, Panicum, Sacciolepis), per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-003:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa walteri
3942
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: marshes of many kinds, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain whitish
Grain
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