Part 7 - UNC Herbarium

POACEAE 884
* Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees, Weeping Lovegrass. Cp, Pd, Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA): roadsides; common, introduced
from s. Africa. May-June. Very commonly planted as a roadbank stabilizer, E. curvula is fire resistant and shows some
capability to spread into adjacent natural habitats. [= RAB, C, FNA, HC, K, Z; > E. curvula var. conferta Stapf]
Eragrostis elliottii S. Watson, Elliott's Lovegrass. Cp (GA, NC, SC): ultisol wet pine savannas, maritime wet grasslands,
inland edges of brackish marshes, inland edges of freshwater tidal marshes, calcareously-influenced wet pine savannas; rare.
September-October. NC south to FL, west to TX. [= RAB, FNA, GW, HC, K, S, Z]
Eragrostis frankii C.A. Meyer ex Steudel, Lacegrass. Mt (VA), Pd (NC, VA), Cp (VA), {GA}: disturbed areas;
uncommon (NC Watch List). September. MA and MN south to FL and AR. [= RAB, C, FNA, G, GW, K, S, W, Z; > E. frankii
var. frankii – F, HC]
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees, Bigtop Lovegrass. Cp, Pd, Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA): fields, roadsides, disturbed areas;
common (uncommon in Mountains). July-October. MD south to FL, west to TX, north in the interior to TN, AR, and MO;
Central America. [= RAB, C, FNA, K, S, W, Z; > E. hirsuta var. hirsuta – F, G, HC; > E. hirsuta var. laevivaginata Fernald – F,
G, HC]
Eragrostis hypnoides (Lamarck) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg, Creeping Lovegrass, Teal Lovegrass. Cp, Pd (GA, NC,
SC, VA), Mt (NC, VA): marshes, shores; uncommon. September. Throughout most of North America, south to South America.
[= RAB, C, F, FNA, G, GW, HC, K, S, W, Z]
Eragrostis intermedia A.S. Hitchcock, Plains Lovegrass. Cp, Pd (GA), {NC, SC, VA}. Reported for scattered locations as
far east as NC, SC, VA (Kartesz 1999), e. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), e. TN (Chester et al. 1993). [= C, F, FNA, G, HC, K, Z]
*? Eragrostis japonica (Thunberg) Trinius, Pond Lovegrass. Cp (GA, SC): moist or wet sandy areas; rare. SC and TN south
to Central America, South America, and West Indies; old World tropics. Perhaps introduced from the Old World. Reported for
SC by HC, G, and Small (1933), sw. GA by Jones & Coile (1988), and for w. TN by Chester et al. (1993). [= FNA, K, Z; ? E.
glomerata (Walter) L.H. Dewey – G, GW, HC, S]
*? Eragrostis lugens Nees, Mourning Lovegrass. Cp (NC, SC), Pd (GA, NC, SC): marshes, roadsides, low fields; rare,
introduced (NC Watch List). June-October. Perhaps only introduced from further south and west. [= RAB, FNA, HC, K, S, W,
Z]
* Eragrostis mexicana (Hornemann) Link ssp. mexicana, Mexican Lovegrass. Cp (SC): waste areas near wool-combing
mills; rare, introduced from . Reported to be naturalized as far east and north as SC, DE, and MD (Kartesz 1999). [= FNA, K; >
E. neomexicana Vasey – C, F, G, HC; > E. mexicana – C, F, G, HC]
* Eragrostis minor Host, Little Lovegrass. Pd (GA, NC, SC, VA), Mt (NC, SC, VA), Cp (VA): disturbed areas; uncommon,
introduced from Europe. July-September. [= C, FNA, K, Z; ? E. poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes –
RAB, F, G, HC, W; ? E. eragrostis (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois – S]
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michaux) Nees ex Steudel var. pectinacea, Carolina Lovegrass. Cp, Pd, Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA):
fields, roadsides, disturbed areas; common (VA Watch List). ME and WA south to Central America and West Indies. [= FNA,
K, Z; < E. pectinacea – C, GW, W; = E. pectinacea – F, HC, S; > E. pectinacea – G; > E. diffusa Buckley – G]
* Eragrostis pilosa (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois var. pilosa. Cp, Pd, Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA): fields, roadsides, disturbed
areas; common, introduced from tropical regions of the Old and New World. July-October. Var. perplexa (L.H. Harvey) S.D.
Koch is also introduced but is not known from our area. [= FNA; = E. pilosa – RAB, S, W; > E. multicaulis Steudel – F, G, HC;
> E. pilosa – F, G, HC; < E. pilosa – K, Z]
Eragrostis refracta (Muhlenberg) Scribner, Coastal Lovegrass. Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA), Pd (NC, SC, VA): pinelands,
savannas, woodlands, marshes; common (uncommon in Piedmont). July-October. DE south to FL, west to TX. [= RAB, C, F,
FNA, G, GW, HC, K, S, Z; ? E. virginica (Zuccarini ex Roemer) Steudel]
* Eragrostis secundiflora J. Presl var. oxylepis (Torrey) S.D. Koch, Red Lovegrass. Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA): sandy
roadsides, coastal dunes, and disturbed areas; rare, introduced from sw. United States. First reported for SC by Nelson & Kelly
(1997). [= E. oxylepis (Torrey) Torrey – GW, HC; = E. secundiflora ssp. oxylepis S.D. Koch – FNA, K, Z; < E. secundiflora –
S]
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel, Purple Lovegrass, Tumblegrass. Cp, Pd, Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA): sandy fields,
roadsides, woodlands; common. August-October. ME west to ND, south to FL and TX. [= RAB, C, FNA, G, GW, HC, K, S,
W, Z; > E. spectabilis var. spectabilis – F; > E. spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta Farwell – F; E. pectinacea, misapplied]
* Eragrostis trichodes (Nuttall) Wood. Pd (VA): disturbed areas; rare, introduced from w. North America. [= C, FNA, K, Z;
> E. trichodes var. trichodes – F, HC]
* Eragrostis elongata (Willdenow) Jacquin f., Long Lovegrass. Cp (SC): waste areas near wool-combing mills; rare,
introduced from se. Asia and Australia. [= FNA, K] {not keyed at this time}
* Eragrostis leptostachya (R. Brown) Steudel, Australian Lovegrass, is reported for NC (Kartesz 1999). {investigate} [=
FNA, K] {not keyed at this time}
* Eragrostis mexicana (Hornemann) Link ssp. virescens (J. Presl) S.D. Koch & Sánchez, reported as an introduction on
ballast in MD and FL. [= FNA, K; = E. virescens J. Presl – HC]
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michaux) Nees ex Steudel var. miserrima (Fournier) J. Reeder, from FL and westwards and
southwards, may be in our area. [= FNA, K, Z; = E. tephrosanthos J.A. Schultes – HC, S; < E. pectinacea – GW]
* Eragrostis plana Nees, South African Lovegrass. Cp (SC): waste areas near wool-combing mills; rare, introduced from
South Africa. [= FNA, K] {not keyed at this time}
* Eragrostis setifolia Nees, Neverfail. Cp (SC): waste areas near wool-combing mills; rare, introduced from Australia. [=
FNA, K] {not keyed at this time}