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|accepted_name=Nardus
|accepted_authority=L.
|publications=
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Nardeae;Nardus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Nardeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nardus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 62
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form">cespitose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>3-60 cm, erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm position;culm architecture;culm position">basal branching intravaginal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sheath architecture">sheaths open;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="auricle presence">auricles absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ligule texture;ligule architecture or shape;ligule shape">ligules membranous, entire, rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="blade shape;blade arrangement or shape">blades filiform, tightly convolute, epidermes with bicellular microhairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="spikelet arrangement;row quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal spikes, 1-sided, spikelets in 2 rows, loosely to closely imbricate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">rachises terminating in a bristle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">disarticulation below the floret.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="spikelet shape;floret quantity;floret reproduction"><b>Spikelets </b>triangular in cross-section, with 1 floret, floret bisexual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="lower glume size;rim shape"><b>Lower </b>glumes a highly reduced, cupular rim;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="upper glume presence;upper glume prominence">upper glumes absent or vestigial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="floret some measurement">florets 5-10 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="lemma shape;lemma pubescence or texture;lemma architecture;lemma architecture or shape">lemmas linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, chartaceous, enveloping the paleas, 3-veined, awned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="palea coloration;palea architecture;palea shape">paleas hyaline, 2-veined, 2-keeled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="lodicule presence">lodicules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="anther quantity">anthers 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="">styles 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="style quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=N.H.;Mass.;Mich.;Oreg.;N.Y.;Vt.;Greenland;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Idaho
|discussion=<p>Nardus is a monospecific European genus. Its relationships to other genera are unclear.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=hubbard1984a
|text=Hubbard, C.E. 1984. Grasses: A Guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses, and Distribution in the British Isles, ed. 3, rev. J.C.E. Hubbard. Penguin Books, Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England and New York, New York, U.S.A. 476 pp.
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|id=turin1980a
|text=Turin, T.G. 1980. Nardus L. P. 255 in T.G. Turin, V.H. Heywood, N.A. Burges, D.M. Moore, D.H. Valentine, S.M. Walters, and D.A. Webb (eds.). Flora Europaea, vol. 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 452 pp.
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name=Nardus
|author=Mary E. Barkworth;
|authority=L.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=N.H.;Mass.;Mich.;Oreg.;N.Y.;Vt.;Greenland;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Idaho
|reference=hubbard1984a;turin1980a
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Nardeae
|genus=Nardus
|anther quantity=3
|auricle presence=absent
|blade arrangement or shape=convolute
|blade shape=filiform
|culm architecture=branching
|culm orientation=erect
|culm position=intravaginal;basal
|culm some measurement=3cm;60cm
|floret quantity=1
|floret reproduction=bisexual
|floret some measurement=5mm;10mm
|leaf position=basal
|lemma architecture=3-veined
|lemma architecture or shape=awned
|lemma pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|lemma shape=linear-lanceolate;lanceolate-oblong
|ligule architecture or shape=entire
|ligule shape=rounded
|ligule texture=membranous
|lodicule presence=absent
|lower glume size=reduced
|palea architecture=2-veined
|palea coloration=hyaline
|palea shape=2-keeled
|rim shape=cupular
|row quantity=2
|sheath architecture=open
|spikelet arrangement=imbricate
|spikelet shape=triangular
|style quantity=1
|upper glume presence=absent
|upper glume prominence=vestigial
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose
|x chromosome quantity=13
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