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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Danthonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Danthonia sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001a:
Danthonia sericea var. sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia sericea
COMMON NAME:
Silky Oatgrass, Downy Oatgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dase2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_dase2_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0401d_35
January Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405u_27
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405u_37
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405y_05
May Pickens County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405zb_01
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves with silky hairs towards the base. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm0405zb_03
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves 5-20cm long, 2-4mm wide, lower surface & sheath w long white hairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
COMPARE
foliage of Danthonia species
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8519
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8562
May Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_d_sericea_7223
May Lexington County SC
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JK Marlow s040524_a
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0306g_22
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0406e_34
June Greenville County SC
Field
After flowering, seed stalks and seed heads turn light tan to whitish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_10
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_12
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow s080606_g
June Greenville County SC
V-shaped husks remain on the stalk after grain release, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow s080606_g2
June Greenville County SC
Lemma awn more than 10mm long, lemma body villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.