OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Mazaceae, Mazus family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Japanese Mazus

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mazus pumilus   FAMILY: Mazaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mazus pumilus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mazus japonicus 166-08-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, sandy, rocky, or muddy shores and bars along lakes and rivers

Uncommon (rare in Mountains)

Non-native: east Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mazus miquelii   FAMILY: Mazaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mazus miquelii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mazus miguelii 166-08-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, other moist and disturbed habitats

Rare

Non-native: east Asia

 


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"The following chronological synopsis of flora accounts of Microstegium is instructive: not treated by Small (1933), 'local' (Fernald 1950), 'rarely introduced and possibly not established' (Gleason & Cronquist 1952), 'sporadically naturalized' (Godfrey & Wooten 1979), 'a rapidly spreading pernicious invader on moist ground, too common' (Wofford 1989)... This species has become a very serious pest, now ranking as one of the most destructive introduced plants in our area, forming extensive and dense patches, sprawling over and eliminating nearly all other herbaceous plants. Eradication is very difficult, and considering its obvious colonizing abilities, only temporary." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)