Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Gymnopogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Gymnopogon ambiguus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gymnopogon ambiguus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-57-002:
Gymnopogon ambiguus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gymnopogon ambiguus
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Skeletongrass, Eastern Beardgrass, Bearded Skeletongrass, Broadleaf Beardgrass
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JK Marlow jkm151017_490
October Columbia County GA
Leaves cordate-clasping & stiff-textured [whereas few Dichanthelium are both], per Weakley's Flora.
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October Columbia County GA
Leaves numerous, approximate with overlapping sheaths, blades spreading, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm151017_502
October Columbia County GA
Long slender divergent or reflexed spikes set close on a slender stiff axis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm151017_503
October Columbia County GA
Spikes 10-20cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm101106_073
November Abbeville County SC