Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca subverticillata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca subverticillata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Festuca subverticillata
(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-009:
Festuca obtusa FAMILY Poaceae
(?) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca obtusa
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca obtusa
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Fescue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_feob_002_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_fesu3_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfsubverticillata_oclr
May
Panicle nodding, loose, open; branches spreading, spikelets toward the ends, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca subverticillata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca subverticillata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Festuca subverticillata
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-009:
Festuca obtusa
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca obtusa
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca obtusa
568
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to wet forests, dry woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
3 stamens
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain
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