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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum giganteum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Saccharum giganteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-005:

Erianthus giganteus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Erianthus giganteus

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

Erianthus saccharoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Sugarcane Plumegrass, Giant Plumegrass


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ergi_002_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ersa15_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_sagi_001_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_giganteum_73569

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

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Jean Everett    jbe091806_egiganteus_imma

September        

Spikelets well separated at flowering, then expanding into a plumelike mass, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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Jean Everett    jbe092004_egiganteus_habi

September        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_saccharum_giganteum

September        

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JK Marlow    jkm161001_076

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Culms to 4m tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm161001_807

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

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JK Marlow    jkm161001_826

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

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JK Marlow    jkm201004_7576

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves long-white hairy near base & short-hairy or not elsewhere, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm201004_7581

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm201004_7583

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm201004_7598

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm201004_7625

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Callus beard exceeds spikelet. Awn nearly straight, terete, scaberulous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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JK Marlow    jkm201021_7870

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Panicle silvery to purplish, 15-40cm long, 8-15cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm201021_7872

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm201021_7874

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm201021_7875

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm201021_7877

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Nodes usually bearded, internodes glabrous or pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm161106_107

November    Williamsburg County    SC

image of Erianthus giganteus, Sugarcane Plumegrass, Giant Plumegrass

JK Marlow    jkm161106_107b

November    Williamsburg County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum giganteum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Saccharum giganteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-005:
Erianthus giganteus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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523

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, roadbanks, lake and pond margins, cypress ponds, wet pine flatwoods, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle silvery to purplish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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