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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca subverticillata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Festuca subverticillata

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-009:

Festuca obtusa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Festuca obtusa

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Festuca obtusa

 

COMMON NAME:
Nodding Fescue


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image of Festuca subverticillata, Nodding Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_feob_002_lhd

        

image of Festuca subverticillata, Nodding Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_fesu3_001_lvd

        

image of Festuca subverticillata, Nodding Fescue

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmfsubverticillata_oclr

May        

Panicle nodding, loose, open; branches spreading, spikelets toward the ends, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca subverticillata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Festuca subverticillata

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-009:
Festuca obtusa   FAMILY Poaceae

(?) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca obtusa

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca obtusa

 

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568

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to wet forests, dry woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
3 stamens

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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