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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia myuros   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Vulpia myuros

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-001:

Festuca myuros   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Festuca myuros

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

Festuca myuros

 

COMMON NAME:
Rat-tail Fescue


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image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_femy2_001_lvd

        

image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_femy2_002_lvd

        

image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

JK Marlow    jkm090608_007

June    Greenville County    SC

Panicle narrow, 5-20cm long, 1-2cm broad; branches appressed-ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

JK Marlow    jkm090608_014

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1734_copy

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

JK Marlow    jkm220609_8518

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Festuca myuros, Rat-tail Fescue

JK Marlow    s080606_ac

June    Greenville County    SC

Culms 10-70cm tall. Leaves to 15cm x 0.5-1.2mm; blades and sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia myuros   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Vulpia myuros

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-001:
Festuca myuros   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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567

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
1 stamen

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain red
Grain

 

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