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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nassella trichotoma   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nassella trichotoma   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nassella trichotoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Nassella trichotoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Stipa trichotoma

 

COMMON NAME:
Serrated Tussockgrass, Nassella Tussock, Yass River Tussock


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nassella trichotoma   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nassella trichotoma   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nassella trichotoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Nassella trichotoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Stipa trichotoma

 

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4149

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Rare? Perhaps successfully extirpated as a noxious weed

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Margins finely serrate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer
Florets purplish

Inflorescence an open panicle

FRUIT:
Summer
Florets purplish

 

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