Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leersia virginica
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Leersia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia virginica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Leersia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-62-003:
Leersia virginica FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leersia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Homalocenchrus virginicus
COMMON NAME:
White Cutgrass, Whitegrass, Virginia Cutgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hovi4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_levi2_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_levi2_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2744
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2745
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades relatively short, 6-12mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4893
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_l_virginica_4320
September Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Panicle branches rather distant, stiffly spreading, naked below, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_leersia_virginica_2
September Catawba County NC
Spikelets oblong, closely appressed to the branchlets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_leersia_virginica_3
September Catawba County NC
Leersia's spikelets are one-flowered, strongly compressed laterally, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leersia virginica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia virginica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Leersia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-62-003:
Leersia virginica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leersia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Homalocenchrus virginicus
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: floodplain forests, swamps, streambanks, less typically in mesic to even dry-mesic upland forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins scabrous
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
2 stamens
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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