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Part 7 - UNC Herbarium

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POACEAE 838<br />

Agrostis altissima (Walter) Tuckerman, Coastal Bog Bentgrass. Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA), Mt (VA): wet savannas, sinkhole<br />

ponds, edges of swamp forests; rare (NC Watch List, VA Watch List). October-November. MA (?) and NJ south to se. LA,<br />

primarily on the Coastal Plain. [= F, HC, Z; < A. perennans – RAB, FNA GW, K; = A. perennans var. elata (Pursh) A.<br />

Hitchcock – C, G, S]<br />

* Agrostis capillaris Linnaeus, Rhode Island Bentgrass, Colonial Bentgrass, Browntop. Mt (NC, SC, VA), Pd, Cp (VA):<br />

meadows, roadsides, disturbed areas; uncommon, introduced from Europe (and possibly n. North America). June-August. [= C,<br />

FNA, K, Z; = A. tenuis Sibthorp – RAB, G, HC, S, W; > A. tenuis var. tenuis – F]<br />

Agrostis elliottiana J.A. Schultes, Elliott's Bentgrass, Southern Bentgrass. Pd, Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA), Mt (GA, NC, SC):<br />

dry soils of barrens, fields, and rock outcrops; uncommon (VA Watch List). April-June. MD west to s. OH, and e. KS, south to<br />

panhandle FL and c. TX. [= RAB, C, F, FNA, G, HC, K, S, W, Z]<br />

* Agrostis gigantea Roth, Redtop, Black Bentgrass. June-October. Mt, Pd (GA), {provinces} (SC, VA). [= C, F, FNA, K,<br />

W, Z; < A. stolonifera – RAB, GW; = A. stolonifera Linnaeus var. major (Gaudin) Farwell – G; = A. alba – HC, misapplied; ><<br />

A. alba – S, misapplied]<br />

Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg, Ticklegrass, Small Bentgrass. Mt, Pd, Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA:<br />

roadsides, other disturbed habitats; common. March-July. [= F, FNA, K, Z; < A. hyemalis – RAB (also see A. scabra); = A.<br />

hyemalis var. hyemalis – C, G; = A. hiemalis – GW, HC, orthographic variant; < A. hiemalis – S, W, orthographic variant (also<br />

see A. scabra var. scabra]<br />

Agrostis mertensii Trinius, Arctic Bentgrass. Mt (NC, VA): in thin soil of high elevation rocky summits; rare (NC Rare).<br />

July-August. Circumboreal, in North America south to ME (Mt. Katahdin), NH (White Mountains), VT, NY (Adirondack<br />

Mountains), WV (Spruce Knob), TN (Roan Mountain, Mt. Leconte), NC (Roan Mountain, Big Yellow Mountain, Black<br />

Mountains), Québec, British Columbia, CO, UT (?), and AK. [= C, FNA, K, W, Z; > A. borealis Hartman – RAB, HC, S; > A.<br />

borealis Hartman var. americana (Scribner) Fernald – F, G]<br />

Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuckerman, Upland Bent, Autumn Bentgrass. Mt, Pd, Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA): . August-<br />

October. [= HC, Z; < A. perennans – RAB, FNA, GW, K, W (also see A. altissima); = A. perennans var. perennans – C, G, S; ><br />

A. perennans var. perennans – F; > A. perennans var. aestivalis Vasey – F]<br />

Agrostis scabra Willdenow, Fly-away Grass, Rough Bentgrass. (GA, NC, SC, VA). (VA Watch List). June-November. [=<br />

FNA, GW, K, Z; < A. hyemalis – RAB, W; = A. hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg var. scabra (Willdenow)<br />

Blomquist – C; > A. scabra var. scabra – F; = A. hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg var. tenuis (Tuckerman)<br />

Gleason – G; = A. scabra var. scabra – HC]<br />

* Agrostis stolonifera Linnaeus var. palustris (Hudson) Farwell, Creeping Bentgrass. June-October. [= C; < A. stolonifera –<br />

RAB, FNA GW, W (also see A. gigantea); = A. alba Linnaeus var. palustris (Hudson) Persoon – F, misapplied; = A. stolonifera<br />

var. compacta Hartman – G; = A. palustris Hudson – HC, Z; < A. stolonifera – K; < A. alba – S, misapplied]<br />

* Agrostis stolonifera Linnaeus var. stolonifera. June-October. [= C, G; < A. stolonifera – RAB, FNA, GW, W (also see A.<br />

gigantea); = A. alba Linnaeus var. alba – F, misapplied; = A. stolonifera – HC, Z; < A. stolonifera – K; >< A. alba – S,<br />

misapplied]<br />

* Agrostis canina Linnaeus, Brown Bentgrass, Velvet Bentgrass, ranges south to DE, se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), WV,<br />

and TN (Kartesz 1999). [= C, FNA, K] {not keyed at this time; synonymy incomplete}<br />

References: Tucker (1996)=Z.<br />

Aira Linnaeus (Hair Grass)<br />

1 Panicle dense and spike-like, the branches short and appressed to ascending ...........................................................A. praecox<br />

1 Panicle open, the branches elongate, diffusely spreading or ascending.<br />

2 Lemma of both the lower floret and the upper floret with an awn 2-4 mm long........................................A. caryophyllea<br />

2 Lemma of upper floret with an awn 1.5-2.5 mm long, lemma of the lower floret awnless or with a minute awn < 1 mm<br />

long ...........................................................................................................................................................A. elegantissima<br />

* Aira caryophyllea Linnaeus, Silver Hair Grass. Pd (GA, NC, SC, VA), Cp (GA, NC, VA), Mt (NC): fields, roadsides,<br />

disturbed areas; uncommon, introduced from Europe. May. [= RAB, C, G, HC, K, Z; = Aspris caryophyllea (Linnaeus) Nash –<br />

S]<br />

* Aira elegantissima Schur, Elegant Hair Grass. Pd, Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA), Mt (GA, SC): fields, roadsides, disturbed areas;<br />

common, introduced from Europe. May-June. [= C, Z; ? A. elegans Willdenow ex Kunth – RAB, G, HC, K; = Aspris capillaris<br />

(Host) A.S. Hitchcock – S]<br />

* Aira praecox Linnaeus, Early Hair Grass. Cp (NC, VA): fields, roadsides, disturbed areas; uncommon, introduced from<br />

Europe. Reported for NC by Burk (1961), and recently collected in the NC Sandhills (B.Sorrie, pers.comm. 2004). [= C, G, HC,<br />

K, Z]<br />

Alopecurus Linnaeus (Foxtail Grass)

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