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



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata

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

Dactylis glomerata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-13-001:

Dactylis glomerata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dactylis glomerata

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

Dactylis glomerata

 

COMMON NAME:
Orchard Grass


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image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

Gill Newberry    gn05_d_glomerata_habitat

May        

Culms in large tussocks, 60-120cm tall; blades elongate, 2-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

Gill Newberry    gn05_d_glomerata_inf

May        

Panicle's few, distant, stiff branches ascending, or spreading at anthesis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm190508_8250

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm190518_8461

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves light green to dark blue-green, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm190518_8462

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5175

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5176

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5177

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5178

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5471

May    Greenville County    SC

Stem leaves are spreading to arching, basal leaves erect to arching, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5474

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5476

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves mostly flat, hairless but usually rough along the edges, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5476b

May    Greenville County    SC

Sheaths hairless, the edges fused for at least half the sheath length, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5476c

May    Greenville County    SC

Nodes and internodes glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    s080524_d

May    Pickens County    SC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    s080524_f

May    Pickens County    SC

Spikelets few-flowered, nearly sessile in dense 1-sided fascicles, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    s080524_g

May    Pickens County    SC

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

JK Marlow    s080524_h

May    Pickens County    SC

Membranous ligules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dactylis glomerata, Orchard Grass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdglomerata_mm

July?    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell

Panicle's branches appressed at maturity, lowermost sometimes to 10cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Dactylis glomerata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-13-001:
Dactylis glomerata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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432

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Pastures, fields, woodland edges, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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