Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata +
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-13-001:
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Dactylis glomerata
COMMON NAME:
Orchard Grass
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Gill Newberry gn05_d_glomerata_habitat
May
Culms in large tussocks, 60-120cm tall; blades elongate, 2-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Gill Newberry gn05_d_glomerata_inf
May
Panicle's few, distant, stiff branches ascending, or spreading at anthesis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm190508_8250
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8461
May Greenville County SC
Leaves light green to dark blue-green, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8462
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5175
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5176
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5177
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5178
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5471
May Greenville County SC
Stem leaves are spreading to arching, basal leaves erect to arching, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5474
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5476
May Greenville County SC
Leaves mostly flat, hairless but usually rough along the edges, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5476b
May Greenville County SC
Sheaths hairless, the edges fused for at least half the sheath length, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5476c
May Greenville County SC
Nodes and internodes glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s080524_d
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s080524_f
May Pickens County SC
Spikelets few-flowered, nearly sessile in dense 1-sided fascicles, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow s080524_g
May Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdglomerata_mm
July? Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
Panicle's branches appressed at maturity, lowermost sometimes to 10cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata +
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-13-001:
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Dactylis glomerata
432
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Habitat: Pastures, fields, woodland edges, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
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