OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia virginica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Leersia virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-62-003:

Leersia virginica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Leersia virginica

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

Homalocenchrus virginicus

 

COMMON NAME:
White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass


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image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hovi4_001_lvd

        

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_levi2_002_lvd

        

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_levi2_003_lvd

        

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

JK Marlow    jkm210813_2744

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

JK Marlow    jkm210813_2745

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaf blades relatively short, 6-12mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4893

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_l_virginica_4320

September    Newberry County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Panicle branches rather distant, stiffly spreading, naked below, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_leersia_virginica_2

September    Catawba County    NC

Spikelets oblong, closely appressed to the branchlets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Leersia virginica, White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_leersia_virginica_3

September    Catawba County    NC

Leersia's spikelets are one-flowered, strongly compressed laterally, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia virginica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Leersia virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-62-003:
Leersia virginica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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801

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests, swamps, streambanks, less typically in mesic to even dry-mesic upland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins scabrous

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
2 stamens

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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