Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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 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 (4/24/22):
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
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