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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
	
	
		 
		
	
Axonopus fissifolius 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
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	Poaceae
	
	
	
		 
		 
		
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may be interested in reading an article on Carpetgrass by Texas Cooperative Extension Turfgrass Specialist Richard Duble.
Learn more about Common Carpetgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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	Axonopus fissifolius 
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Poaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Axonopus fissifolius
(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-001:
Axonopus affinis FAMILY Poaceae
(?) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus affinis
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Paspalum fissifolium
COMMON NAME:
Common Carpetgrass
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Karen Burnett kwb_dscf09431
November? Pickens County SC
A predominant pasture grass of s. Coastal Plain, sometimes in dense mats, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
	
	
		 
		
	
Axonopus fissifolius 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Poaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	
	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	
	Axonopus fissifolius 
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Poaceae
	
	SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
	
	Axonopus fissifolius
	
 
(?)
	
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-001:
Axonopus affinis 
 
 
 
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
	
 
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
	
  
	Axonopus affinis
	
(?)
	
 
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	Paspalum fissifolium
	
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