Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Danthonia epilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia epilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001b:
Danthonia sericea var. epilis FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia epilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Danthonia epilis
COMMON NAME:
Bog Oatgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_daep2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6755
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6776
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7126
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7129
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdepilis_pc1
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdepilis_pc3
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Panicle 5-10cm long, relatively many-flowered, the branches bearing 2-6 spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdepilis_pc4
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdepilis_pc5
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Nearly glabrous foliage, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
COMPARE
foliage of Danthonia species
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdepilis_pcseep1
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Lemmas villous only on the margins and toward the base; awn twisted at base a single time, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Danthonia epilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Danthonia epilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Danthonia sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-32-001b:
Danthonia sericea var. epilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Danthonia epilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Danthonia epilis
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Peaty bogs in the Coastal Plain and Mountains, seeps around rock outcrops in the Piedmont and Mountains, granitic domes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain
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