Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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4294

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants tufted

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Grain yellowish Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Grain

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
 Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-46-006:
 Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
 Agrostis hiemalis

LESS THAN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Agrostis hiemalis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass

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image of Agrostis hyemalis, Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aghy_001_lvd

        

image of Agrostis hyemalis, Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_aghy_003_lvd