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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:
Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phyllostachys aurea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys aurea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phyllostachys aurea 029-02-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, stream banks, roadsides, pastures, old fields, persisting and spreading from plantings
Common in GA (uncommon in NC Mountains, Carolina Piedmont, & Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in SC Mountains)
Non-native: China & Japan
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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:
Weeping Lovegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eragrostis curvula FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eragrostis curvula FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eragrostis curvula 029-11-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Roadsides
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Non-native: southern Africa
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Common Name:
Orchard Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dactylis glomerata FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dactylis glomerata 029-13-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Pastures, fields, woodland edges, roadsides
Common in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Rescue Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bromus catharticus var. catharticus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Bromus catharticus FAMILY: Poaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bromus catharticus 029-14-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Cultivated fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Aira elegans FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aira elegans FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aira elegans 029-35-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common to uncommon to rare
Non-native: Europe
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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:
Bermuda Grass, Scutch Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cynodon dactylon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cynodon dactylon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cynodon dactylon 029-54-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Lawns, gardens, roadsides, pastures, fields, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Sweet Vernal Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Anthoxanthum odoratum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Anthoxanthum odoratum ssp. odoratum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Anthoxanthum odoratum 029-60-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in Carolinas (uncommon to rare in GA)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Yellow Foxtail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Setaria pumila FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Setaria pumila ssp. pallidefusca FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Setaria glauca 029-68-004 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, lawns, fields, less commonly in natural habitats
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Nodding Foxtail Grass, Giant Foxtail-grass, Chinese Foxtail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Setaria faberi FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Setaria faberi FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Setaria faberi 029-68-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, gardens, other disturbed areas
Common (uncommon GA Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Green Foxtail, Green Bristlegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Setaria viridis 029-68-008 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common in Mountains (common elsewhere in NC, uncommon elsewhere in SC, rare elsewhere in GA)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Vasey Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paspalum urvillei FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paspalum urvillei FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paspalum urvillei 029-74-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, and other disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Digitaria sanguinalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Digitaria sanguinalis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Digitaria sanguinalis 029-75-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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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:
Switchgrass, Prairie Switchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum virgatum 029-81-006 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry or wet sandy soils of pinelands, fresh and brackish marshes, tidal swamps, interdune swales and ponds, riverside scour prairies, mafic fens, calcareous fens and spring marshes, rocky river shores and bars, and also frequently planted
Common in Coastal Plain & GA Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Velvet Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium scoparium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium scoparium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum scoparium 029-81-057 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist sandy soil of woodland openings and ditches
Common (uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
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:
Sugarcane Plumegrass, Giant Plumegrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erianthus giganteus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saccharum giganteum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erianthus giganteus 029-85-005 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Marshes, roadbanks, lake and pond margins, cypress ponds, wet pine flatwoods, ditches
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Andropogon gerardi FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Andropogon gerardii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Andropogon gerardii 029-87-002 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of habitats, usually rather dry, such as longleaf pine sandhills, glades, cliffs, and rock outcrops, in the Piedmont in woodlands, former prairie-like sites, woodlands, open forests, and river-scour grasslands, in the Mountains in glades, riverside scour areas, and rarely in grassy balds, ascending to at least 1600 m over mafic rocks (on Old Field Bald, Watauga and Ashe counties, NC)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Splitbeard Bluestem, Silvery Bluestem
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Andropogon ternarius FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Andropogon ternarius var. ternarius FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Andropogon ternarius 029-87-005 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry to moist soils of woodlands and openings
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
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:
Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Andropogon glomeratus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Andropogon virginicus 029-87-007? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Swamps, wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs, fens, depression ponds, wet disturbed sites
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Johnsongrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sorghum halepense FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sorghum halepense FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sorghum halepense 029-88-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, waste places, cultivated fields
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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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
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Common Name:
Soft Rush, Common Rush
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Juncus effusus ssp. solutus FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Juncus effusus var. solutus FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus effusus 040-01-001 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Habitat: Moist soil, marshes, margin of streams, ponds, lakes and swamps, low meadows
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Common Name:
Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Juncus tenuis FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Juncus tenuis FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus tenuis 040-01-006 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Habitat: Dry or moist soil along roadsides and paths, fields
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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