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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium latifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Chasmanthium latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-003:

Uniola latifolia   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Uniola latifolia

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

Uniola latifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-stringer, Indian Woodoats


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_chla5_011_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_unla3_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_unla3_002_lvd

        

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Roxanna Martin    rlm21911_323

February    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130328_482

March    Pittsylvania County    VA

Danville Riverwalk Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm130328_494

March    Pittsylvania County    VA

Danville Riverwalk Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm130328_497

March    Pittsylvania County    VA

Danville Riverwalk Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm0305s_25

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_latifolium

May        

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JK Marlow    jkm220626_8698

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm220626_8699

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 4-8" long, sharply fine-toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm200703_6345

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm220701_8783

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Roxanna Martin    rlm7510_104

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Numerous flattened spikelets in an open, terminal, drooping panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm7510_108

July    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm7510_58

July    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Chasmanthium latifolium, River Oats, Northern Sea Oats, Fish-on-a-stringer, Indian Woodoats

JK Marlow    jkm0308t_34

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm0309l_12

September    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

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JK Marlow    jkm0309l_18

September    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

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JK Marlow    s071025_c

October    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Drooping panicles of dangling spikelet clusters, in V-shaped pairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_latifolium_3376

December    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium latifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Chasmanthium latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-003:
Uniola latifolia   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1568

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Riverbanks, streambanks, bottomland forests, seepages and glades over mafic or calcareous rock, usually in nutrient-rich soils, also now cultivated widely as a native plant ornamental, but can be quite aggressive, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets greenish

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain dark red
Grain

 

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