Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum bifidum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Paspalum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum bifidum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum bifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum bifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-010:
Paspalum bifidum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum bifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum bifidum
COMMON NAME:
Pitchfork Paspalum, Pitchfork Crowngrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pabi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm161001_852
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Racemes usually 3, ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_852b
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Rachis slender, subflexuous [almost sinuous, somewhat zigzagged], per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_853
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaf surfaces "two-toned".
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum bifidum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum bifidum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum bifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum bifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-010:
Paspalum bifidum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum bifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum bifidum
4050
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to wet longleaf pine savannas and mesic swales in longleaf pine sandhills, inland sand savannas, other sandy woodlands and fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes thick
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of usually 3 ascending racemose branches
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Grain
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