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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Erianthus brevibarbis   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:

Erianthus brevibarbis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Erianthus brevibarbis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Short-beard Plumegrass

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image of Erianthus brevibarbis, Short-beard Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_erbr2_001_lvd

        

image of Erianthus brevibarbis, Short-beard Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_erbr2_002_lvd

        

image of Erianthus brevibarbis, Short-beard Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ercoe2_001_lvd

        

image of Erianthus brevibarbis, Short-beard Plumegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_s_breviba_brevib_4237

September    Chester County    SC

image of Erianthus brevibarbis, Short-beard Plumegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_s_breviba_brevib_4243

September    Chester County    SC

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Erianthus brevibarbis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:
 Erianthus brevibarbis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
 Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
 Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Erianthus brevibarbis

 

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2532

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle tawny or purplish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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