Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea cylindrica
FAMILY
Poaceae
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In overall gestalt, M. cylindrica looks like a ... runt Tripsacum. The spikelets are tightly crowded one atop another and form a slender cylinder, with the male section above the female section — just like Tripsacum. Each spikelet has a number of little pits (in vertical rows) on the glumes--a sure and positive way to distinguish from Tripsacum. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cocy_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_macy6_001_lvd
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Spikelets tightly crowded one atop another, with the male section above the female section, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Each spikelet has a number of little pits (in vertical rows) on the glumes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Culms round in cross-section, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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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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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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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