Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Chasmanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Chasmanthium latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-003:
Uniola latifolia FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Uniola latifolia
COMMON NAME:
River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-stringer, Indian Woodoats
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_chla5_011_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_unla3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_unla3_002_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm21911_323
February Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130328_482
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130328_494
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130328_497
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
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JK Marlow jkm240405_8344
April Spartanburg County SC
Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_latifolium
May
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8698
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8699
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 4-8" long, sharply fine-toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6345
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8783
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Roxanna Martin rlm7510_104
July Spartanburg County SC
Numerous flattened spikelets in an open, terminal, drooping panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm7510_108
July Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm7510_58
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0308t_34
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0309l_12
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0309l_18
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow s071025_c
October Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Drooping panicles of dangling spikelet clusters, in V-shaped pairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_latifolium_3376
December Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium latifolium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Chasmanthium latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-003:
Uniola latifolia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Uniola latifolia
1568
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Riverbanks, streambanks, bottomland forests, seepages and glades over mafic or calcareous rock, usually in nutrient-rich soils, also now cultivated widely as a native plant ornamental, but can be quite aggressive, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets greenish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain dark red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p210
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p175
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p211
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p303
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p461
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p181
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p131
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p004
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p411
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p347
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p400
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p347
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