Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tridens from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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JK Marlow jkm161001_844
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_846b
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Panicle branches appressed or narrowly ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_846c
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Spikelets short-pediceled, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_847
September 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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens carolinianus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in mesic swales in sandhills, 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
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes elongate, scaly
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
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