Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Chasmanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-003:
Uniola latifolia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola latifolia
COMMON NAME:
River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-Pole, Indian Woodoats
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_chla5_011_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_unla3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_unla3_002_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm21911_323
February Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130328_482
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130328_494
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130328_497
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
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JK Marlow jkm0305s_25
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 4-8" long, sharply fine-toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_latifolium
May
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6345
July Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm7510_104
July Spartanburg County SC
Numerous flattened spikelets in an open, terminal, drooping panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Roxanna Martin rlm7510_108
July Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm7510_58
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0308t_34
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0309l_12
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0309l_18
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow s071025_c
October Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Drooping panicles of dangling spikelet clusters, in V-shaped pairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_latifolium_3376
December Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-003:
Uniola latifolia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola latifolia
1568
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it on riverbanks, streambanks, in bottomland forests, seepages & glades over mafic or calcareous rock, usually in nutrient-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets greenish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain dark red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p210
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p175
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p211
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p303
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p181
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p131
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p004
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p347
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p400
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p347