...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-87-007:
Andropogon virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
LESS THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
COMMON NAME:
Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Old-field Broomstraw, "Sedge Grass"
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JK Marlow jkm0301b_23
January Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0501c_27
January Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm110228_753b
February Greenville County SC
Dried curled basal leaves remain through most of the summer, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow s020411_a
February
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JK Marlow jkm0403p_28b
March Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Dried straw-colored plants remain upright until the following spring, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_30
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0407s_15
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades flat or folded, 2-5mm wide, pilose on upper surface toward base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0309f_09
September Greenville County SC
Sheaths glabrous or more or less pilose along margins, occ conspicuously so, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0211c_15 on right
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
On the left is Splitbeard Bluestem; on the right is Broomsedge.
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JK Marlow jkm0211h_08
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0312b_17
December Greenville County SC
Roadside
Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_24
December Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Inflorescences distributed somewhat uniformly in plant's upper half or more, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_28
December Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151227_874
December Pickens County SC