Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Avenella flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Avenella from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Deschampsia flexuosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Deschampsia flexuosa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia flexuosa var. montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-002:
Deschampsia flexuosa FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia flexuosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aira flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass
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_defl_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_defl_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3127
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3128
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3131
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3132
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdflexuosa_glass
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets have 2 fertile flowers, each with a lemma with a striking bent awn, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdflexuosa_habit
May
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Tim Spira tps_aflexuosa2
May
Perennial grass that forms a tight clump of narrow, wiry foliage, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_06
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_07
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_17
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_20
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0507n_20
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow s050717_d
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Loose open inflorescence with spikelets at tips of long flexible branches, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow s050806_f
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdflexuosa_craggy
Month Unknown Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Avenella flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Deschampsia flexuosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Deschampsia flexuosa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia flexuosa var. montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-002:
Deschampsia flexuosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia flexuosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aira flexuosa
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Grassy balds, high elevation rocky summits, rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain dark
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p088
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p295
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p341
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