Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tripidium ravennae
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Ravenna-grass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Ravenna grass is very widely planted as an ornamental in Ohio, especially in newer housing developments. ...it is also escaping from cultivation with greater frequency and is establishing large populations in some areas. Read more in Spread of the invasive Ravenna grass (Tripidium ravennae, Poaceae) in Ohio.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum ravennae
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Spread of the invasive Ravenna grass (Tripidium ravennae, Poaceae) in Ohio (Vincent & Gardner, 2016)
Tripidium ravennae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Saccharum ravennae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus ravennae var. purpurascens
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus ravennae var. ravennae
COMMON NAME:
Ravenna-grass, Hardy Pampas Grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erra_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tripidium ravennae
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum ravennae
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Spread of the invasive Ravenna grass (Tripidium ravennae, Poaceae) in Ohio (Vincent & Gardner, 2016)
Tripidium ravennae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Saccharum ravennae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus ravennae var. purpurascens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus ravennae var. ravennae
4158
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, escaping, and naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southern Europe and parts of Eurasia & northern Africa
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast
- Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets with purplish to straw-colored glumes
Inflorescence a large, lanceloate, much-branched, villous panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p746
- New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US (Rawlins et al., 2018) p019
- New Invaders of the Southeast (Rawlins et al., 2018) p013
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p400
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