Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Greeneochloa coarctata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Calamagrostis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamagrostis coarctata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Greeneochloa coarctata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Calamagrostis cinnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-48-001:
Calamagrostis cinnoides FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Calamagrostis cinnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calamagrostis cinnoides
COMMON NAME:
Nuttall's Reedgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caci_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_caci_003_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_caco71_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200517_5014
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_5017
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6078
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6157
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Node and ligule.
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6169
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sheaths and blades scabrous, rarely sparsely hirsute, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6171
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaf blades flat, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm190825_0982
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes 6-7mm long, scabrous, long-acuminate, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm190825_0984
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6940
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6943
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2549
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Culms erect, stout, about 125cm tall, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2656
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2657
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Panicle dense, to 20cm long, purplish, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2657b
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Steve Marlow snm008Nuttallsreed2
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Panicle erect, dense, more or less lobed, 8-20cm long, purple-tinged, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9820b
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_coarctata1
October Moore County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Greeneochloa coarctata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamagrostis coarctata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Greeneochloa coarctata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Calamagrostis cinnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-48-001:
Calamagrostis cinnoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Calamagrostis cinnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calamagrostis cinnoides
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Savannas, bogs, and other wet sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender, creeping
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle purplish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain brownish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p326
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p069
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