...Moist
...Variable
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Erianthus contortus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-85-002:
Erianthus contortus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Erianthus brevibarbis var. contortus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Saccharum contortum
COMMON NAME:
Bent-awn Plumegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erco2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erco2_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0509g_27
September Cabarrus County NC
Suther Prairie
Panicle branches ascending but not closely appressed, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm071027_001
October Greenwood County SC
Roadside
Nodes glabrous or pubescent with erect deciduous hairs, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm141001_013
October Greenville County SC
Culms 1-2m tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm141001_015
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm141001_016
October Greenville County SC
Sheaths sparsely pilose at summit or glabrous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm081101_017
November Greenwood County SC
Roadside
Blades 1-1.5cm wide, scabrous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm151113_744
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151113_744b
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Callus hairs dense, from about half to nearly as long as the spikelet, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
fruit of Plumegrass species
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JK Marlow jkm151113_755
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Awn spirally twisted, flattened basally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.