Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Orchard Grass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Dactylis glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-13-001:
Dactylis glomerata FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Dactylis glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dactylis glomerata
COMMON NAME:
Orchard Grass
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Gill Newberry gn05_d_glomerata_habitat
May
Culms in large tussocks, 60-120cm tall; blades elongate, 2-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Gill Newberry gn05_d_glomerata_inf
May
Panicle's few, distant, stiff branches ascending, or spreading at anthesis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm190508_8250
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8461
May Greenville County SC
Leaves light green to dark blue-green, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8462
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5175
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5176
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5177
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5178
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5471
May Greenville County SC
Stem leaves are spreading to arching, basal leaves erect to arching, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5474
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5476
May Greenville County SC
Leaves mostly flat, hairless but usually rough along the edges, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5476b
May Greenville County SC
Sheaths hairless, the edges fused for at least half the sheath length, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5476c
May Greenville County SC
Nodes and internodes glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s080524_d
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s080524_f
May Pickens County SC
Spikelets few-flowered, nearly sessile in dense 1-sided fascicles, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow s080524_g
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s080524_h
May Pickens County SC
Membranous ligules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdglomerata_mm
July? Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
Panicle's branches appressed at maturity, lowermost sometimes to 10cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Dactylis glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-13-001:
Dactylis glomerata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Dactylis glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dactylis glomerata
432
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Pastures, fields, woodland edges, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p182
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p033
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