Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Agrostis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-005:
Agrostis perennans FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis perennans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis perennans var. perennans
COMMON NAME:
Autumn Bentgrass, Upland Bentgrass, Upland Bent
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_agpe_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_agpe_003_lhd
Spikelets usually not clustered near the tips of the branchlets, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_agpe_004_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_agrostis_perennans
August Catawba County NC
Spikelets scattered, but absent from the basal portion of panicle branches, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-005:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis perennans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis perennans var. perennans
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, woodlands, barrens, clearings, disturbed areas, and also in a variety of wetlands such as bogs, fens, seepage swamps, and depressions, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Inflorescence a loose panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain olive
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p350
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p147
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