Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Parapholis incurva
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Parapholis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parapholis incurva
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-27-001:
Parapholis incurva
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pholiurus incurvus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Parapholis incurva
COMMON NAME:
Curved Sickle-grass, Hard Grass, Thin-tail
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pain_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Parapholis incurva
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parapholis incurva
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-27-001:
Parapholis incurva
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pholiurus incurvus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Parapholis incurva
4168
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in sandy and muddy flats, brackish or salt marshes, 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
Basal or low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
FRUIT:
Grain
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