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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum alopecuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Saccharum alopecuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Saccharum alopecuroidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-001:

Erianthus alopecuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Erianthus alopecuroides

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

Erianthus divaricatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Silver Plumegrass


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image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_eral2_001_lvd

        

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_erdi11_001_lvd

        

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0401d_08

January    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm120913_799

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves mostly on lower stem, 2-3cm wide, to 75cm long, whie midvein above, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5570

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5572

September    Greenville County    SC

Nodes usually densely hairy, internodes short-haired or hairless, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5573

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaf blade pilose on upper surface toward the base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    s080914_c

September    Greenville County    SC

Panicle 20-30cm long, branches ascending or spreading, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    s080914_d

September    Greenville County    SC

Flowers consist mostly of a few stamens and a pistil with 2 fuzzy stigmas, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm091107_053

November    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Inflorescence of many racemes in a dense, silvery to tawny, plume, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm091107_056

November    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Awn twisted, bristle hairs from spikelet base longer than spikelet, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Erianthus alopecuroides, Silver Plumegrass

JK Marlow    s071101_e2

November    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Callus beard exceeds spikelet. Awn spirally twisted, flattened basally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum alopecuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Saccharum alopecuroidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-001:
Erianthus alopecuroides   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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2042

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to moist fields, roadsides, woodlands, and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont (rare in NC Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle whitish to tawny

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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