Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muhlenbergia expansa
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia expansa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-45-001:
Muhlenbergia expansa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. trichopodes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia expansa
COMMON NAME:
Savannah Hairgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_muex_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_muhlenbergia_expansa5
August Scotland County NC
Panicle capillary, flexuous, fragile, and tends to break up over the winter, per Weakley's Flora.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_muhlenbergia_expansa1
October Scotland County NC
Old leaf bases fibrous and curly (rather than hardened and cartilaginous), per Weakley's Flora.