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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tripidium ravennae   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum ravennae   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Spread of the invasive Ravenna grass (Tripidium ravennae, Poaceae) in Ohio (Vincent & Gardner, 2016)

Tripidium ravennae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Saccharum ravennae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Erianthus ravennae var. purpurascens

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Erianthus ravennae var. ravennae

 

COMMON NAME:
Ravenna-grass, Hardy Pampas Grass


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image of Tripidium ravennae, Ravenna-grass, Hardy Pampas Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_erra_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tripidium ravennae   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum ravennae   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Spread of the invasive Ravenna grass (Tripidium ravennae, Poaceae) in Ohio (Vincent & Gardner, 2016)
Tripidium ravennae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Saccharum ravennae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus ravennae var. purpurascens

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus ravennae var. ravennae

 

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4158

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, escaping, and naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southern Europe and parts of Eurasia & northern Africa

Rare

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Invasive?

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

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets with purplish to straw-colored glumes

Inflorescence a large, lanceloate, much-branched, villous panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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