OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea cylindrica   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis cylindrica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Coelorachis cylindrica

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

Coelorachis cylindrica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Coelorachis cylindrica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-002:

Manisuris cylindrica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Manisuris campestris

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

Manisuris cylindrica

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Jointgrass


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image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cocy_001_lvd

        

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cocy_005_lvd

        

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_macy6_001_lvd

        

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_mcylindrica2ansonnc

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_mcylindrica5ansonnc

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

Spikelets tightly crowded one atop another, with the male section above the female section, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image0

June    Anson County    NC

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image1

June    Anson County    NC

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image1_2

June    Anson County    NC

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image2

June    Anson County    NC

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image3

June    Anson County    NC

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image3b

June    Anson County    NC

Each spikelet has a number of little pits (in vertical rows) on the glumes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_061623_image4

June    Anson County    NC

Culms round in cross-section, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_mcylindrica_0

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_mcylindrica_02

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_mcylindrica_2

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_mcylindrica_3

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_mcylindrica_4

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

image of Mnesithea cylindrica, Carolina Jointgrass

Becky Dill    gly_mcylindrica_5

June    Anson County    NC

Utility right-of-way

Sessile spikelets 4-5mm, the first glume pitted along the nerves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea cylindrica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis cylindrica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Coelorachis cylindrica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coelorachis cylindrica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-002:
Manisuris cylindrica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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4771

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, oak woodlands, roadsides and other disturbed ground in areas formerly prairie-like and fire-maintained, perhaps now extirpated in portions of our area (including NC), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescences terminal and axillary spikes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain

 

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