Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Coleataenia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coleataenia anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum anceps ssp. anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-001a:
Panicum anceps var. anceps FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum anceps
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Panicum, Beaked Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paan_001_lvd
The leaves of ssp. rhizomata tend to be hairier than those of ssp. anceps, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paan_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060528_077
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Alternate & crowded near base (no rosette), flat, 20-40cm long, 6-12mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220607_8340
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190724_0123
July Greenville County SC
Leaves erect to drooping tips, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8896
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0508f_09
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0508f_20b
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Split from Panicum because of its subsessile spikelets, among other things, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_24
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0511
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230805_4727
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow s050821_c
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Rather crowded somewhat curved subsecund spikelets, set obliquely, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm230922_5551
September Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_c_anceps_anceps_4331
September Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0410n_14b
October Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm231021_6142
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm231122_6929
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0412b_07b
December Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Panicles 15-40cm long, the slender remote branches somewhat spreading, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coleataenia anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum anceps ssp. anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-001a:
Panicum anceps var. anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum anceps
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist sandy woods, swamps, sloughs, roadsides, fields, waste places, often weedy, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets light green
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish, blackish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p238
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p702
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p401
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