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Common Name:
Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Botrypus virginianus FAMILY: Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Botrychium virginianum FAMILY: Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Botrychium virginianum 006-01-001 FAMILY: Ophioglossaceae
Habitat: In a wide range of fairly dry, mesic, and wet forests, cove forests, especially in nutrient-rich, moist bottomlands and slopes
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Grapefern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sceptridium biternatum FAMILY: Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Botrychium biternatum FAMILY: Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Botrychium biternatum 006-01-004 FAMILY: Ophioglossaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, clearings, old fields
Common (rare in NC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum pedatum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum pedatum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Adiantum pedatum 010-01-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and cliffs, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, sometimes in seasonal seepage
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hay-scented Fern, Pasture Fern, Boulder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sitobolium punctilobulum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dennstaedtia punctilobula FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dennstaedtia punctilobula 010-02-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Rocky or dry woodlands and forests, rock outcrops, pastures, clearings, roadbanks
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Bracken
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteridium pseudocaudatum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum 010-05-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Mainly in dry sandy or rocky woodlands, often locally abundant in longleaf pine sandhills and pine flatwoods
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Lady Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Athyrium asplenioides FAMILY: Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Athyrium asplenioides 011-01-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Deparia acrostichoides FAMILY: Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Deparia acrostichoides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Athyrium thelypterioides 011-01-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern, Common Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia obtusa 011-02-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops of various sorts, moist talus, terrestrial near rock outcrops
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lowland Bladder Fern, Spreading Bladder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cystopteris protrusa FAMILY: Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cystopteris protrusa FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cystopteris protrusa 011-03-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Rich woods or on moss- and soil-covered talus in boulderfields, occasionally on ledges of rock outcrops
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in SC Mountains & in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Marginal Woodfern, Marginal Shield-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris marginalis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris marginalis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris marginalis 011-04-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, boulderfield forests, other rocky forests
Common in Mountains, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Christmas Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Polystichum acrostichoides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polystichum acrostichoides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polystichum acrostichoides 011-05-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially slopes, ravines, and small stream bottomlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broad Beech Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phegopteris hexagonoptera FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phegopteris hexagonoptera FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris hexagonoptera 011-06-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
New York Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Amauropelta noveboracensis FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thelypteris noveboracensis FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris noveboracensis 011-06-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomland forests, bogs, submesic forests
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Onoclea sensibilis FAMILY: Onocleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Onoclea sensibilis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Onoclea sensibilis 011-07-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps, ditches, wet disturbed places
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Netted Chain-fern, Net-veined Chainfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lorinseria areolata FAMILY: Blechnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodwardia areolata FAMILY: Blechnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodwardia areolata 012-01-002 FAMILY: Blechnaceae
Habitat: Moist to wet, acid, organic soils, such as bogs, blackwater bottomlands, pocosins, wet hammocks
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ebony Spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Asplenium platyneuron FAMILY: Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Asplenium platyneuron FAMILY: Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Asplenium platyneuron 013-01-003 FAMILY: Aspleniaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry soils of forests, woodlands, old fields; also on outcrops, especially of calcareous rocks and in masonry crevices, at low to moderate elevations
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Asplenium trichomanes FAMILY: Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes FAMILY: Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Asplenium trichomanes 013-01-004 FAMILY: Aspleniaceae
Habitat: Moist outcrops of slightly to strongly calcareous sedimentary or metamorphic rocks and moderately to strongly mafic metamorphic and igneous rocks, such as limestone, dolostone, mafic and intermediate gneisses and schists, amphibolite, most typically in strong shade, as under overhangs
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pleopeltis michauxiana FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polypodium polypodioides 014-01-002 FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
Habitat: On tree limbs and trunks (especially when leaning) in a wide variety of forest types, especially southwards, and less typically (but not uncommonly) on rocks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Loblolly Pine, Old Field Pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pinus taeda FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus taeda FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus taeda 016-01-004 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, maritime forests, sandy rises in bottomland forests, pine flatwoods, roadsides, pine plantations, disturbed areas, especially in acid soil, much more abundant and widespread than formerly, and occurring farther inland than as a native
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Pine, Rosemary Pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pinus echinata FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus echinata FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus echinata 016-01-008 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic upland forests and woodlands, rocky ridges and slopes, glades, bluffs, Coastal Plain sandhills, old fields, riparian forests, generally in rather xeric sites and on acid soils, but also occurring in mesic to even wet sites and on mafic or subcalcareous rocks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bald Cypress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Taxodium distichum FAMILY: Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Taxodium distichum FAMILY: Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Taxodium distichum 017-01-001 FAMILY: Taxodiaceae
Habitat: Brownwater and blackwater swamps, usually in riverine situations, depressions in bottomland forests, lake margins, river banks, rarely in wooded seeps
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Red Cedar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Juniperus virginiana FAMILY: Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY: Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juniperus virginiana 018-03-002 FAMILY: Cupressaceae
Habitat: Bluffs, glades, upland forests and woodlands, pastures, old fields, roadsides, and fencerows, primarily upland, occurring most abundantly on (but by no means restricted to) circumneutral soils (including shrink-swell clays) derived from mafic or calcareous rocks
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
River Cane, Giant Cane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arundinaria gigantea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arundinaria gigantea FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arundinaria gigantea 029-01-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Bottomland and riparian forests, lower slopes and bluffs along streams, seeps, stream banks, and extending into less mesic and even dry settings on circumneutral or alkaline soils over limestone or dolomite, or in loess deposits along the Mississippi River
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in SC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Switch Cane, Small Cane, Mutton Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arundinaria tecta FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arundinaria tecta FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arundinaria gigantea 029-01-001? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pocosins, canebrakes, blackwater swamps, Piedmont seeps, generally (but not solely) in wetlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purpletop, Purpletop Tridens, Greasy Grass, Tall Redtop
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tridens flavus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tridens flavus var. flavus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tridens flavus var. flavus 029-08-004a FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, glades, barrens
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Slender Woodoats, Slender Spikegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chasmanthium laxum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chasmanthium laxum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola laxa 029-10-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Savanna-pocosin ecotones, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, moist hardwood swamps, other moist habitats
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Longleaf Woodoats, Longleaf Spikegrass, Upland Oats
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chasmanthium sessiliflorum var. sessiliflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Chasmanthium sessiliflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola sessiliflora 029-10-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist to dryish hardwood forests, swamps, other moist habitats
Common in Piedmont & Coastal Plain of GA & SC, rare in Carolina Mountains (uncommon elesewhere in GA & NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-stringer, Indian Woodoats
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chasmanthium latifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chasmanthium latifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Uniola latifolia 029-10-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, streambanks, bottomland forests, seepages and glades over mafic or calcareous rock, usually in nutrient-rich soils, also now cultivated widely as a native plant ornamental, but can be quite aggressive
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Poa annua FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa annua FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa annua 029-15-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, lawns, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Autumn Bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Poa autumnalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa autumnalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa autumnalis 029-15-006 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist or dry nutrient-rich forests
Common
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Common Name:
early bluegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Poa cuspidata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Poa cuspidata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Poa cuspidata 029-15-011 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist forests at low to high elevations, ravines, bluffs
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Two-flower Melicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Melica mutica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Melica mutica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Melica mutica 029-16-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic forests and woodlands, including coastal fringe and maritime forests
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tall Fescue, Alta Fescue
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lolium arundinaceum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schedonorus arundinaceus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & NOM. UTIQUE REJ. Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Festuca elatior 029-18-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Common Bottlebrush Grass, Eastern Bottlebrush-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Elymus hystrix var. hystrix FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Elymus hystrix var. hystrix FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hystrix patula 029-24-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, dry forests especially over more fertile soils
Common in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Elymus virginicus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Elymus virginicus var. virginicus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elymus virginicus 029-25-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist forests
Common
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Common Name:
Slender Wedgegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sphenopholis intermedia FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sphenopholis intermedia FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sphenopholis intermedia 029-31-004 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist nutrient-rich forests, barrens, meadows
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Silky Oatgrass, Downy Oatgrass, Downy Danthonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Danthonia sericea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Danthonia sericea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Danthonia sericea var. sericea 029-32-001a FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, especially common in sandy soils in the Coastal Plain, dry oak, oak-pine, and pine forests in the Piedmont and low Mountains, and on dry acidic cliffs and rock outcrops, roadsides and woodland margins
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Green Needlegrass, Blackseed Needlegrass, Eastern Needlegrass, Black Oatgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Piptochaetium avenaceum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Piptochaetium avenaceum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stipa avenacea 029-37-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Upland woodlands and forests, sometimes abundant or even dominant in xeric woodlands over granitic or mafic rocks in the Piedmont
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Nimblewill
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Muhlenbergia schreberi FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Muhlenbergia schreberi FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Muhlenbergia schreberi 029-45-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Bottomland and other moist forests, dry forests, fields, dirt roads, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Woodreed, Stout Woodreed, Sweet Woodreed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cinna arundinacea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cinna arundinacea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cinna arundinacea 029-49-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, rocky bars in rivers, tidal freshwater marshes, other low, wet habitats
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Brachyelytrum erectum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brachyelytrum erectum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brachyelytrum erectum 029-50-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, in the Mountains at lower elevations than B. aristosum)
Common in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains & SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leersia virginica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Leersia virginica FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Leersia virginica 029-62-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests, swamps, streambanks, less typically in mesic to even dry-mesic upland forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Perennial Foxtail-grass, Knotroot Bristlegrass, Marsh Foxtail, Knotroot Foxtail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Setaria parviflora FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Setaria parviflora FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Setaria geniculata 029-68-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, moist disturbed areas, pine rocklands, and dry disturbed areas over limestone
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bahia-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Paspalum notatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Paspalum notatum var. saurae FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paspalum notatum var. saurae 029-74-005 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Roadsides and disturbed areas, often (especially in FL) planted as a coarse turfgrass or a pasture grass
Common (rare in Carolina Mountains)
Non-native: tropical America
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Common Name:
Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paspalum floridanum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paspalum floridanum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paspalum floridanum 029-74-015 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine savannas, hammock edges, moist forests, ditches, barrens, prairies, fields, roadsides
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Beaked Panicum, Beaked Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum anceps FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum anceps var. anceps 029-81-001a FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist sandy woods, swamps, sloughs, roadsides, fields, waste places, often weedy
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Starved Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium depauperatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium depauperatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum depauperatum 029-81-023 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry soils of grasslands and open woods, often on disturbed soils of roadsides and ditches
Common in NC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Open-flower Witchgrass, Open-flower Rosette Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium laxiflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium laxiflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum laxiflorum 029-81-025 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open or shaded woodlands, often in moist soil
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ravenel's Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium ravenelii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium ravenelii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum ravenelii 029-81-037 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky thin woods and openings, sometimes in moist soils
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Witchgrass, Woolly Rosette Grass, Tapered Rosette Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum lanuginosum 029-81-039 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dryish sandy or clayey soils of open woods and disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum sphaerocarpon 029-81-055 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist or dry thin woods, meadows, and ditches, often in dry sandy soil
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Variable Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium commutatum + FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium commutatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum commutatum 029-81-059 FAMILY: Poaceae
Common to rare, depending on variety
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bosc's Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium boscii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium boscii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum boscii 029-81-062 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Shaded mesic to dry woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Microstegium vimineum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Microstegium vimineum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Microstegium vimineum 029-84-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, colonizing moist, rich soil, especially in floodplains, though sometimes patchily in even dry or dry-mesic uplands
Common
Non-native: tropical southeast Asia
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Common Name:
Silver Plumegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erianthus alopecuroides FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saccharum alopecuroides FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erianthus alopecuroides 029-85-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist fields, roadsides, woodlands, and woodland borders
Common in Piedmont (rare in NC Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Little Bluestem
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Andropogon scoparius 029-87-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: In a wide range of moist to dry habitats
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Old-field Broomstraw, "Sedge Grass"
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Andropogon virginicus 029-87-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Old fields, roadbanks, disturbed sites
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Indiangrass, Prairie Indiangrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sorghastrum nutans FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sorghastrum nutans FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sorghastrum nutans 029-89-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Xeric and mesic woodlands and forests of a wide variety, prairies, barrens, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sorghastrum elliottii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sorghastrum elliottii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sorghastrum elliottii 029-89-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Woodlands and forests, river-scour areas, including oak-hickory forests and woodlands over mafic rocks
Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scleria oligantha FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scleria oligantha FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scleria oligantha 030-15-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands, swamp forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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