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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia spicata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Danthonia spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-003:

Danthonia spicata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Danthonia spicata

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

Danthonia spicata

 

COMMON NAME:
Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'


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image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dasp2_001_lvd

        

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_dasp2_002_lvd

        

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm0403q_37

March    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves often curling, smooth and hairless to only sparsely hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8908

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Blades usually curled at maturity (vs. those of D. compressa not curled), per Flora of North America.

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm090523_013

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Sheaths glabrous or nearly so, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm190520_8536

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm190520_8537

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm190520_8578

May    Greenville County    SC

Panicle 2-5cm long, the stiff short branches bearing a single spikelet, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm071028_113

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Blades usually curled or flexuous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).


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image of Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass, Moonshine Grass, 'Curly Dan'

JK Marlow    jkm181119_5991

November    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia spicata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Danthonia spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-003:
Danthonia spicata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, rock outcrops, shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain

 

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