OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alopecurus carolinianus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Alopecurus carolinianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Alopecurus carolinianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-40-001:

Alopecurus carolinianus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Alopecurus carolinianus

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

Alopecurus ramosus

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Foxtail Grass


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image of Alopecurus carolinianus, Carolina Foxtail Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_alca4_002_lvd

        

image of Alopecurus carolinianus, Carolina Foxtail Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_alca4_004_lvd

        

image of Alopecurus carolinianus, Carolina Foxtail Grass

Keith Bradley    kab_a_carolinianus_4895

April    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Panicle greenish, 2-8cm long, 4-6mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alopecurus carolinianus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Alopecurus carolinianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-40-001:
Alopecurus carolinianus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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3851

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Moist fields, ditches, forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont & in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Panicle greenish

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain olive-green to yellowish

 

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