OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Agrostis perennans

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Agrostis perennans

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Agrostis perennans

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-005:

Agrostis perennans   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Agrostis perennans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Agrostis perennans var. perennans

 

COMMON NAME:
 Autumn Bentgrass, Upland Bentgrass, Upland Bent

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image of Agrostis perennans, Autumn Bentgrass, Upland Bentgrass, Upland Bent

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_agpe_001_lvd

        

image of Agrostis perennans, Autumn Bentgrass, Upland Bentgrass, Upland Bent

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_agpe_003_lhd

        

Spikelets usually not clustered near the tips of the branchlets, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Agrostis perennans, Autumn Bentgrass, Upland Bentgrass, Upland Bent

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_agpe_004_lvd

        

image of Agrostis perennans, Autumn Bentgrass, Upland Bentgrass, Upland Bent

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_agrostis_perennans

August    Catawba County    NC

Spikelets scattered, but absent from the basal portion of panicle branches, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Agrostis perennans

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
 Agrostis perennans

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Agrostis perennans

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-005:
 Agrostis perennans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
 Agrostis perennans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Agrostis perennans var. perennans

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, woodlands, barrens, clearings, disturbed areas, and also in a variety of wetlands such as bogs, fens, seepage swamps, and depressions, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring

Inflorescence a loose panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain olive
Grain

 

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