OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida beyrichiana   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Aristida beyrichiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Aristida stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations in the Florida Flora (DB Ward, 2001)

Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana

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

Aristida beyrichiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Aristida stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-005?:

Aristida stricta   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Aristida stricta

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

Aristida stricta

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Wiregrass


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image of Aristida beyrichiana, Southern Wiregrass

JK Marlow    jkm081009_209

October    Bamberg County    SC

Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay

Leaves densely tufted, 1-1.5mm wide, margins rolled inward, wire-like, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Aristida beyrichiana, Southern Wiregrass

JK Marlow    jkm081009_212

October    Bamberg County    SC

Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay

Awns divergent, the central 1-1.5cm long, the lateral a little shorter, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida beyrichiana   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Aristida stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations in the Florida Flora (DB Ward, 2001)
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aristida stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-005?:
Aristida stricta   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2549

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Sandhills, savannas, from very dry to seasonally saturated soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle brownish

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellow
Grain

 

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