Saccharum baldwinii

Spreng.
Common names: Narrow plumegrass
Endemic
Synonyms: Erianthus strictus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 614.

Plants cespitose, rarely stoloniferous. Culms 0.9-1.8 m; nodes glabrous or with hairs to 0.5 mm. Sheaths glabrous; ligules 1-3 mm, with lateral lobes; blades 18-60 cm long, 5-12 mm wide, glabrous. Peduncles 30-40 cm, glabrous; panicles 1-2.5 cm wide, linear; lowest nodes glabrous or sparsely pilose; rachises 10-35 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; primary branches 6-18 cm, appressed; rame internodes 3-5 mm, glabrous. Sessile spikelets 7-10 mm long, 1.1-1.5 mm wide, brown. Callus hairs absent or to 2 mm, shorter than the spikelets, straw-colored; lower glumes scabrous, 5-veined; lower lemmas 6-8 mm, 2-veined; upper lemmas 0.9-1 times as long as the lower lemmas, 3-veined, entire; awns 17-24 mm, terete, straight or curved at the base; lodicule veins extending into hairlike projections; anthers 2. Pedicels 3-5 mm, glabrous. Pedicellate spikelets similar to the sessile spikelets. 2n = 30.

Distribution

Md., Okla., Miss., Tex., La., Mo., Ala., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Va., Ark., Ill., Ga., Ky., Fla.

Discussion

Saccharum baldwinii commonly grows in sandy, shaded river and stream bottoms. It occurs throughout the southeastern United States, but it is not as common as other members of the genus, and is rare or completely absent from higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."-1timesaslongasthelowerlemmas" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Saccharum baldwinii"
anatomy +  and kranz +
Robert D. Webster +
Spreng. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
curved +  and straight +
terete +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
pseudopetiolate +
well-developed +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
spikelike +
Narrow plumegrass +
purple +  and reddish +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
not woody +
Md. +, Okla. +, Miss. +, Tex. +, La. +, Mo. +, Ala. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Va. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ky. +  and Fla. +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
concealing +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
villous +  and glabrous +
2-keeled +
subequal +
chartaceous +  and coriaceous +
uncinate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
pedunculate +  and multiple-stalked +
ascending +  and appressed +
axillary +  and subtending +
solid +  and hollow +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
photosynthetic +
not aromatic +
coriaceous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
pilose +  and glabrous +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
with hairs +  and glabrous +
pedicellate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (?) +  and 40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (?) +
dry +  and fleshy +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
elongate +
stoloniferous +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
in triplets +  and paired +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2 +, 1 +  and numerous +
compressed +
usually smaller +  and reduced +
1.1mm +  and 1.5mm +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Erianthus strictus +
Saccharum baldwinii +
Saccharum +
species +
membranous +
sessile-pedicellate +
awned +, muticous +, bidentate +  and entire +
not raised +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +