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 brevibarbe var. brevibarbe   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:

Erianthus brevibarbis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus

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

Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus

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

Erianthus brevibarbis

COMMON NAME:
Short-beard Plumegrass

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_erbr2_001_lvd

        

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_erbr2_002_lvd

        

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ercoe2_001_lvd

        

Keith Bradley    kab_s_breviba_brevib_4237

September    Chester County    SC

Keith Bradley    kab_s_breviba_brevib_4243

September    Chester County    SC

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:
Erianthus brevibarbis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus

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