Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrostis altissima
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Agrostis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-005?:
Agrostis perennans FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis altissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis perennans var. elata
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Bog Bentgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpe_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_agpe_003_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_agpe_004_lvd
Spikelets usually clustered near the tips of the branchlets, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrostis altissima
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Agrostis perennans
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-005?:
Agrostis perennans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis altissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis perennans var. elata
2743
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, sinkhole ponds, edges of swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Fall
Grain olive
Grain
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