Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Agrostis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-006:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis hiemalis
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis hiemalis
COMMON NAME:
Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass, Winter Bentgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aghy_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_aghy_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-006:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis hiemalis
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis hiemalis
4294
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
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
Low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Grain
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