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 spicata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia spicata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Danthonia spicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-003:
Danthonia spicata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia spicata
COMMON NAME:
Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dasp2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_dasp2_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403q_37
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves often curling, smooth and hairless to only sparsely hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm090523_013
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Sheaths glabrous or nearly so, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8536
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8537
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8578
May Greenville County SC
Panicle 2-5cm long, the stiff short branches bearing a single spikelet, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm071028_113
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Blades usually curled or flexuous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
COMPARE
foliage of Danthonia species
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5982
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Blades usually not more than 12cm long, filiform, to 2mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5991
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill