Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Leaf blades are convolute, stiff, and scabrous. Flowering stems are less than 2' tall, the inflorescence occupying much of it, open and sparsely branched. Each spikelet has a single floret with a very long awn, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Stipa trichotoma
COMMON NAME:
Serrated Tussockgrass, Nassella Tussock, Yass River Tussock
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Stipa trichotoma
4149
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Rare? Perhaps successfully extirpated as a noxious weed
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast
- SC List of Regulated Pest Plant Species, 2017
- USDA Federal Noxious Weeds, 091820
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Margins finely serrate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer
Florets purplish
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Summer
Florets purplish
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