NameThatPlant.net: Erianthus strictus

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Erianthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Awn twisting is judged from dry material, either herbarium specimens, mature (and dry) material in the field. With material that is not fully dry, a good life hack is to leave all or part of an inflorescence on the dashboard of a car to dry, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum baldwinii FAMILY Poaceae

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

Saccharum baldwinii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-003:

Erianthus strictus FAMILY Poaceae

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

Erianthus strictus

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

Erianthus strictus

COMMON NAME:
Narrow Plumegrass

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image of Erianthus strictus, Narrow Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erst2_001_lvd

Bruce A. Sorrie bas_erianthus_strictus1

September Cumberland County NC

Panicle usually 1-3cm broad, the branches closely appressed, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

Bruce A. Sorrie bas_erianthus_strictus3

September Cumberland County NC

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum baldwinii FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-003:
Erianthus strictus FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

2531

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, clay-based Carolina bays, depression ponds, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle usually tawny or brownish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

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