Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Axonopus furcatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-002:
Axonopus furcatus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus furcatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Axonopus furcatus
(?) -
Paspalum furcatum
COMMON NAME:
Big Carpetgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anfu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_axfu_001_lhd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_furcatus_70465
October Polk County FL
Spikelets with lower lemmas adjacent to the branch axes (lower glumes absent), per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Axonopus furcatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-002:
Axonopus furcatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus furcatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Axonopus furcatus
(?)
-
Paspalum furcatum
3860
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: maritime forests, other sandy forests, bottomlands, roadsides, calcareous wet meadows, lawns, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain & Piedmont of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence of 1-sided, spikelike primary branches
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/ Grayish
Grain
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