Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Avenella flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Avenella from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-002:
Deschampsia flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia flexuosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aira flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdflexuosa_glass
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets have 2 fertile flowers, each with a lemma with a striking bent awn, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdflexuosa_habit
May
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Tim Spira tps_aflexuosa2
May
Perennial grass that forms a tight clump of narrow, wiry foliage, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_06
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_07
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_17
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_20
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0507n_20
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow s050717_d
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Loose open inflorescence with spikelets at tips of long flexible branches, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow s050806_f
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdflexuosa_craggy
Month Unknown Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Avenella flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-002:
Deschampsia flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia flexuosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aira flexuosa
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Grassy balds, high elevation rocky summits, rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain dark
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p295
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p341