Coelorachis tessellata
Common names: Pitted jointgrass
Endemic
Synonyms: Manisuris tessellata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 688.
Plants cespitose. Culms 80-120 cm, compressed4ceeled. Sheaths compressed-keeled; blades to 41 cm long, to 7.8 mm wide, folded to flat, scabrous above. Rames 4.5-7(12) cm. Sessile spikelets 3.9-6.2 mm long, 2.1-2.4 mm wide; lower glumes with rectangular pits, keels narrowly winged distally. Pedicellate spikelets 2.3-2.7 mm, reduced to scales. 2n = unknown.
Distribution
Miss., Fla., Ala., Ga., La.
Discussion
Coelorachis tessellata is endemic to the southern coastal plain of the United States, extending from Louisiana to northern Florida, although it is rare in Florida. It grows in bogs and moist pine woods, especially flatwoods.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.