Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poa cuspidata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Poa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa cuspidata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poa cuspidata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Poa cuspidata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-011:
Poa cuspidata FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poa cuspidata
COMMON NAME:
early bluegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pocu4_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_poa_cuspidata_2914
March Catawba County NC
Spikelets 3- or 4-flowered, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_poa_cuspidata_2917
March Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_poa_cuspidata_1
April Iredell County NC
Panicle branches mostly in pairs, distant, spreading, spikelets near ends, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poa cuspidata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa cuspidata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poa cuspidata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Poa cuspidata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-011:
Poa cuspidata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poa cuspidata
1106
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests at low to high elevations, ravines, bluffs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Bisexual
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Spring
Grain brownish/Reddish
Grain
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