OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Agrostis hyemalis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-006:

Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Agrostis hiemalis

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

Agrostis hiemalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass, Winter Bentgrass


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image of Agrostis hyemalis, Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass, Winter Bentgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aghy_001_lvd

        

image of Agrostis hyemalis, Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass, Hairgrass, Winter Bentgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_aghy_003_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Agrostis hyemalis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-006:
Agrostis hyemalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis hiemalis

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis hiemalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4294

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?

Habitat: Moist to dry fields, meadows, and roadsides, sometimes also in barrens or thin soils over outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Grain yellowish
Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain

 

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