familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
genusTridens
speciesTridens flavus
varietyTridens flavus var. flavus
Tridens flavus var. flavus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 39.
Panicles nodding distally; branches flexible; pulvini inconspicuously or conspicuously hairy, hairs confined to the adaxial side of the branches.
Distribution
D.C., Del., Ill., Ind., Kans., Mich., Minn., Nebr., N.Mex., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Wis., W.Va., Fla., N.J., Tex., La., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Pa., Va., Ont., Conn., Mass., N.H., R.I., Vt., Calif., Ala., Ark., Ga., Iowa, Md., Mo., Miss., Ky.
Discussion
Tridens flavus var. flavus grows in old fields and open woods. Its range extends to Nuevo Léon, Mexico. It was discovered for the first time in Canada in 1976, growing along a railway track in southern Ontario.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
reddish-purple +
attenuate +
emarginate to bilobed +
involute +
kranz +
absent +
absent +
arising +
rhizomatous +
close +
not fused +
knotty +
firm +
thick +
not pseudopetiolate +
adaxial +
divergent +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (?) +
pliable +
drooping +
1;many +
spikelike +
dark-brown +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
pubescent +
single +
branched +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
glabrous +
not woody +
reduced +
equaling +
D.C. +, Del. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Wis. +, W.Va. +, Fla. +, N.J. +, Tex. +, La. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Va. +, Ont. +, Conn. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Md. +, Mo. +, Miss. + and Ky. +
absent +
2/5 +
not waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
adjacent +
shorter +
sometimes longer +
distal +
reduced +
absent +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
lacking +
coarse +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
pistillate +
distinct +
exserted +
elongate +
excurrent +
not absent +
distichous +
3-veined +
hyaline +
membranous +
sometimes longer +
absent +
membranous +
absent +
inconspicuous +
1(3)-veined +
mucronate +
equal +
cartilaginous +
not thick +
adjacent +
stiff +
coarse +
absent +
simple +
excurrent +
glabrous +
keeled +
widened +
simple +
nodding +
separating +
free +
hairy +
spikelike +
evident +
stoloniferous +
open +
closed +
shorter +
glabrous +
keeled +
attached +
distal +
absent +
fertile +
compressed +
absent +
separate +
staminate +
Tridens flavus var. flavus +
Tridens flavus +
variety +
dioecious +
hyaline +
membranous +
1-3(9)-veined +
absent +
perennial +
varied +