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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Echinochloa muricata var. muricata

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

Echinochloa muricata var. muricata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-002?:

Echinochloa crusgalli   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Echinochloa muricata

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

Echinochloa crus-galli ssp. crus-galli

 

COMMON NAME:
Rough Barnyard-grass


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image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

Gill Newberry    gn09_e_muricata_flowers

September        

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

Gill Newberry    gn09_e_muricata_habitat

September        

Inflorescence erect, stiff, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

Gill Newberry    gn09_e_muricata_infl

September        

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

Gill Newberry    gn09_echinochloa_close_up

September        

Second glume & sterile lemma usually w stout papillose-based hairs on veins, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

JK Marlow    jkm091003_014

October    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

JK Marlow    jkm091003_024027

October    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

Sheaths glabrous, blades elongate, 5-15mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

JK Marlow    jkm091003_029

October    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

image of Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Rough Barnyard-grass

JK Marlow    jkm091004_023

October    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

Spikelets > 3.5mm long. Sterile lemma usually awned, the awn 6-25mm long, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Echinochloa muricata var. muricata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-002?:
Echinochloa crusgalli   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Echinochloa muricata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa crus-galli ssp. crus-galli

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3543

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Interdune wetlands, various other wet to damp habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC & in SC Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain) (rare in Mountains of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain whitish
Grain

 

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