Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erianthus strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Erianthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum baldwinii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Saccharum baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-003:
Erianthus strictus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erianthus strictus
COMMON NAME:
Narrow Plumegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erst2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_erianthus_strictus1
September Cumberland County NC
Panicle usually 1-3cm broad, the branches closely appressed, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_erianthus_strictus3
September Cumberland County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erianthus strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum baldwinii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Saccharum baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-003:
Erianthus strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erianthus strictus
2531
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, clay-based Carolina bays, depression ponds, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle usually tawny or brownish
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p213
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p743