Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Danthonia sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Danthonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001a:
Danthonia sericea var. sericea FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Danthonia sericea
COMMON NAME:
Silky Oatgrass, Downy Oatgrass, Downy Danthonia
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dase2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_dase2_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0401d_35
January Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405u_27
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405u_37
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Panicle 5-10cm long, relatively many-flowered, the branches bearing 2-6 spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm0405y_05
May Pickens County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405zb_01
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves with silky hairs towards the base. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm0405zb_03
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves 5-20cm long, 2-4mm wide, lower surface & sheath w long white hairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
COMPARE
foliage of Danthonia species
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8519
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8562
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7413
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_d_sericea_7223
May Lexington County SC
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JK Marlow s040524_a
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0306g_22
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0406e_34
June Greenville County SC
Field
After flowering, seed stalks and seed heads turn light tan to whitish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_10
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_12
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow s080606_g
June Greenville County SC
V-shaped husks remain on the stalk after grain release, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow s080606_g2
June Greenville County SC
Lemma awn more than 10mm long, lemma body villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Danthonia sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001a:
Danthonia sericea var. sericea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Danthonia sericea
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry woodlands, especially common in sandy soils in the Coastal Plain, dry oak, oak-pine, and pine forests in the Piedmont and low Mountains, and on dry acidic cliffs and rock outcrops, roadsides and woodland margins, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p216
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p310
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p29
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p096
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