Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sporobolus pinetorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Carolina Dropseed is a tussock-former, the tussocks resembling Carolina Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) but are always greener in color (especially noticeable in late summer-fall). Carolina Dropseed was overlooked or misidentified as other dropseeds (mostly S. teretifolius) until the 1990s. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus pinetorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sporobolus pinetorum
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-002 & 003?:
Sporobolus floridanus FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Sporobolus teretifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus floridanus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus floridanus
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Dropseed, Savanna Dropseed
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pinetorum10e
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Panicle branches alternate (occasionally opposite but never regularly whorled), per Weakley's Flora.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pinetorum9e
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves flat, 1.2-2.5mm wide. Tussocks resemble Aristida stricta but greener, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sporobolus pinetorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus pinetorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sporobolus pinetorum
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-002 & 003?:
Sporobolus floridanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Sporobolus teretifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus floridanus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus floridanus
4377
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, longleaf pine sandhill-pocosin ecotones, and extending upslope into mesic pine flatwoods or loamy or clayey shelves in the fall-line Sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle brownish-purplish
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
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