Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata +
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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 jkm140519_856
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_856b
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_856c
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_859
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_859b
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_861
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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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.