Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Agrostis hyemalis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-006:
Agrostis hyemalis FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis hiemalis
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis hiemalis
COMMON NAME:
Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass, Winter Bentgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aghy_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_aghy_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Agrostis hyemalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-006:
Agrostis hyemalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis hiemalis
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis hiemalis
4294
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?
Habitat: Moist to dry fields, meadows, and roadsides, sometimes also in barrens or thin soils over outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain
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