Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tridens strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-08-002:
Tridens strictus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triodia stricta
COMMON NAME:
Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trst2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_trst2_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_trst2_005_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_tridens_strictus_3
October
Panicle dense & spike-like, > 4x long as wide, branches ascending to appressed, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0311g_34
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm081102_158
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm081102_159
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way
Culms rather stout, erect, 1-1.5 m tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_160
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way
Leaf blades elongate, flat or loosely involute, 3-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow s081102_f
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Panicle dense, spikelike, somewhat interrupted below, narrowed above, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tridens strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-08-002:
Tridens strictus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Tridens strictus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triodia stricta
1533
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, moist pine savannas, woodlands, mesic to wet soils around swamps and marshes, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia? perhaps introduced north & east of GA
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
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