Calamovilfa brevipilis

(Torr.) Scribn.
Common names: Pine-barren sandreed
Endemic
Synonyms: Calamagrostis brevipilis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 142.

Rhizomes short, covered with the persisent bases of the foliage leaves. Culms to 1.5 m. Sheaths to 30 cm; ligules to 0.5 mm; blades to 50 cm long, 2-5 mm wide. Panicles 8-40 cm long, 4-20 cm wide, open; branches to 17 cm long, ascending to spreading. Spikelets 4-5.8 mm. Glumes straight, acute; lower glumes 1.7-4.1 mm; upper glumes 3.3-5 mm; callus hairs 1/4 - 1/2 as long as the lemmas; lemmas 4-5.4 mm, straight, slightly to markedly pubescent, acuminate; paleas 3.8-5.3 mm, slightly to markedly pubescent; anthers 2.4-3.2 mm. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Calamovilfa brevipilis grows in moist to dry pine barrens, savannahs, bogs, swamp edges, and pocosins. It is a common grass on the New Jersey pine barrens and locally common across the coastal plain of North Carolina, but rare at present in Virginia and South Carolina. The length of the ligule hairs tends to increase from 0.3 mm or less in the north to 0.5 mm at the southern end of its range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Calamovilfa brevipilis"
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
John W. Thieret +
(Torr.) Scribn. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
not pseudopetiolate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tapering +  and elongate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not disarticulating +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (?) +
ascending;spreading +
not spikelike +
1/4 +  and 1/2 +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
Pine-barren sandreed +
ascending +  and erect +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
not woody +
N.C. +, S.C. +, N.J. +  and Va. +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +  and fertile +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
straight +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
subequal +  and unequal +
1/4 +  and 7/8 +
uncinate +
paniculate +  and racemose +
hollow +  and solid +
not absent +
straight +
acuminate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.54 cm5.4 mm <br />0.0054 m <br />) +
sometimes longer +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.41 cm4.1 mm <br />0.0041 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.53 cm5.3 mm <br />0.0053 m <br />) +
8cm +  and 40cm +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
not prolonged +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.58 cm5.8 mm <br />0.0058 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Calamagrostis brevipilis +
Calamovilfa brevipilis +
Calamovilfa +
species +
membranous +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +