Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Danthonia spicata
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Danthonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 jkm210309_8908
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Blades usually curled at maturity (vs. those of D. compressa not curled), per Flora of North America.
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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_5991
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in dry woodlands, rock outcrops, shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p216
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p307
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p29