Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis japonica
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis japonica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eragrostis hypnoides
(?) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis glomerata
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis glomerata
COMMON NAME:
Pond Lovegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ergl_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis japonica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis japonica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis hypnoides
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis glomerata
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis glomerata
4170
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Riverbanks, other moist or wet sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not stoloniferous (tho sometimes creeping and forming flat mats)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a dense narrow panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Panicle greenish or tawny
Grain
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