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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia flexuosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Deschampsia flexuosa

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

Deschampsia flexuosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Deschampsia flexuosa var. montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-002:

Deschampsia flexuosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Deschampsia flexuosa

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

Aira flexuosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass


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image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_defl_001_lvd

        

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_defl_002_lvd

        

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3127

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3128

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3131

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3132

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdflexuosa_glass

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Spikelets have 2 fertile flowers, each with a lemma with a striking bent awn, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdflexuosa_habit

May        

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

Tim Spira    tps_aflexuosa2

May        

Perennial grass that forms a tight clump of narrow, wiry foliage, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0407t_06

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0407t_07

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0407u_17

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0407u_20

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0507n_20

July    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    s050717_d

July    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Loose open inflorescence with spikelets at tips of long flexible branches, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

JK Marlow    s050806_f

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Avenella flexuosa, Appalachian Hairgrass, Crinkled Hairgrass, Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdflexuosa_craggy

Month Unknown    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia flexuosa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Deschampsia flexuosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Deschampsia flexuosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia flexuosa var. montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-002:
Deschampsia flexuosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Grassy balds, high elevation rocky summits, rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain dark
Grain

 

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