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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-002?:
Echinochloa crusgalli FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Echinochloa muricata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa crus-galli ssp. crus-galli
COMMON NAME:
Rough Barnyard-grass
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_muricata_flowers
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_muricata_infl
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_echinochloa_close_up
September
Second glume & sterile lemma usually w stout papillose-based hairs on veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm091003_014
October Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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October Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Sheaths glabrous, blades elongate, 5-15mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm091003_029
October Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm091004_023
October Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Spikelets > 3.5mm long. Sterile lemma usually awned, the awn 6-25mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-002?:
Echinochloa crusgalli
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Echinochloa muricata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa crus-galli ssp. crus-galli
3543
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Interdune wetlands, various other wet to damp habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC & in SC Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain) (rare in Mountains of GA & SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain whitish
Grain
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