Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-08-001:
Tridens carolinianus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triodia drummondii
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Triodia, Carolina Fluffgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_trca4_001_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869845225102
July Hoke County NC
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JK Marlow jkm161001_844
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_846b
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Panicle branches appressed or narrowly ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_846c
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Spikelets short-pediceled, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_847
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Panicle dense and spike-like, more than 4x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_849
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaf blades flat, elongate, 2-7mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-08-001:
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triodia drummondii
4049
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Habitat: Mesic swales in sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes elongate, scaly
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
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