OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brachyelytrum erectum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Brachyelytrum erectum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Brachyelytrum erectum

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

Brachyelytrum erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-50-001:

Brachyelytrum erectum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Brachyelytrum erectum var. erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Brachyelytrum erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Brachyelytrum erectum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk


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image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_brer2_001_lvd

        

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_brer2_002_lvd

        

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmberectum_lec1

June        

Panicle open, narrow; branches strongly ascending, slightly rough to the touch, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8784

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8785

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8802

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm210824_2979

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

The well-spaced leaves taper to a fine point and are 3.5-7" long, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm210824_2982

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Inflorescence ~ 4-7" long, spikelets strongly ascending with very long awns, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm210824_2984

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm210824_2985

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm210824_2986

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Brachyelytrum erectum, Bearded Shorthusk, Common Shorthusk

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5320

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

The stems grow 1-3 feet tall and lean over nearly parallel to the ground, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brachyelytrum erectum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Brachyelytrum erectum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Brachyelytrum erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-50-001:
Brachyelytrum erectum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Brachyelytrum erectum var. erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Brachyelytrum erectum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brachyelytrum erectum

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests, in the Mountains at lower elevations than B. aristosum), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer

FRUIT:
Summer
Grain

 

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