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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens strictus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Tridens strictus

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

Tridens strictus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-08-002:

Tridens strictus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Tridens strictus

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

Triodia stricta

 

COMMON NAME:
Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trst2_001_lvd

        

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_trst2_003_lvd

        

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_trst2_005_lvd

        

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_tridens_strictus_3

October        

Panicle dense & spike-like, > 4x long as wide, branches ascending to appressed, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

JK Marlow    jkm0311g_34

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

JK Marlow    jkm081102_158

November    Edgefield County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

JK Marlow    jkm081102_159

November    Edgefield County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Culms rather stout, erect, 1-1.5 m tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

JK Marlow    jkm081102_160

November    Edgefield County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Leaf blades elongate, flat or loosely involute, 3-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Tridens strictus, Longspike Tridens, Longspike Fluffgrass, Spike Triodia

JK Marlow    s081102_f

November    McCormick County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Panicle dense, spikelike, somewhat interrupted below, narrowed above, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tridens strictus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Tridens strictus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-08-002:
Tridens strictus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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1533

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, moist pine savannas, woodlands, mesic to wet soils around swamps and marshes, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia? perhaps introduced north & east of GA

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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