OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Aristida beyrichiana   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida beyrichiana   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations in the Florida Flora (DB Ward, 2001)

Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-005?:

Aristida stricta   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Aristida stricta

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

Aristida stricta

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Wiregrass


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image of Aristida beyrichiana, Southern Wiregrass

JK Marlow    jkm081009_209

October    Bamberg County    SC

Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay

Leaves densely tufted, 1-1.5mm wide, margins rolled inward, wire-like, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Aristida beyrichiana, Southern Wiregrass

JK Marlow    jkm081009_212

October    Bamberg County    SC

Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay

Awns divergent, the central 1-1.5cm long, the lateral a little shorter, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Aristida beyrichiana   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida beyrichiana   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations in the Florida Flora (DB Ward, 2001)
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-005?:
Aristida stricta   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2549

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Sandhills, savannas, from very dry to seasonally saturated soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle brownish

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellow
Grain

 

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