Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum laeve var. laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Field Crowngrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Paspalum laeve var. laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013:
Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum longipilum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum longipilum
COMMON NAME:
Field Crowngrass, Field Paspalum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pala10_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pala10_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pala10_008_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_paspalum_laeve_7559
October Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
Spikelets orbicular, 2.5-3mm broad, in two rows, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum laeve var. laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Paspalum laeve var. laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum longipilum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum longipilum
4101
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: forest edges and disturbed areas. {need additional herbarium work to fully determine range and abundance of varieties}, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (?) (additional herbarium work needed to fully determine range and abundance of varieties)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of 1-6 racemose branches, terminating in a spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p242
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p615
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p618
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