Coelorachis cylindrica

Coelorachis cylindrica

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Coelorachis
Species: C. cylindrica
Binomial name
Coelorachis cylindrica
(Michx.) Nash

Coelorachis cylindrica is a species of grass known by the common names cylinder jointtail grass,[1] Carolina jointgrass,[2] and pitted jointgrass.[3] It is native to the southeastern United States.[2]

This grass is a rhizomatous perennial with cylindrical stems growing up to 1.2 meters in height. They are clothed in the sheaths of the leaves. The inflorescence is cylindrical.[4] The spikelets are pitted.[2]

This grass grows on tallgrass prairies, forest edges, and sometimes roadsides.[2]

References

  1. Coelorachis cylindrica. USDA Plants Profile.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Coelorachis cylindrica. Grass Manual Treatment.
  3. Coelorachis cylindrica. NatureServe.
  4. Coelorachis cylindrica. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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