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|accepted_name=Saccharum alopecuroides
|accepted_authority=(L.) Nutt.
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|common_names=Silver plumegrass
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Erianthus alopecuroides
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Saccharum;Saccharum alopecuroides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saccharum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saccharum alopecuroides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 612
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 1-2.5 m; nodes hairy, occasionally glabrate, hairs 7-12 mm. <b>Sheaths</b> mostly glabrous, ciliate distally; auricles absent; ligules 1-3 mm; blades 30-60 cm long, 14-28 mm wide, glabrous at maturity. <b>Peduncles</b> 40-60 cm, pilose; panicles 3-10 cm wide, oblong to lanceolate; rachises 15-34 cm, densely pilose; lowest nodes glabrous or sparsely pilose; primary branches 3-12 cm, appressed; rame internodes 3-5 mm, pilose. <b>Sessile</b> spikelets 6-7 mm long, 1.1-1.4 mm wide, straw-colored; callus hairs 9-14 mm, exceeding the spikelets, silvery or purple-tinged; lower glumes 5-veined, smooth; upper glumes 3-5-veined; lower lemmas 4.8-5.6 mm, without veins or 1-veined; upper lemmas 4-4.6 mm, 1-veined, bifid, teeth 1.8-2 mm, ciliate; awns 14-20 mm, flattened and spirally coiled at the base; lodicule veins not extending into hairlike projections; anthers 2. <b>Pedicels</b> 2.5-4 mm, pilose. <b>Pedicellate</b> spikelets similar to the sessile spikelets, except frequently pilose. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|distribution=Md.;N.J.;Okla.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;W.Va.;Mo.;Ohio;Ala.;D.C;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Saccharum alopecuroides</i> grows in damp woods, open areas, and field margins. It is restricted to the southeastern United States. It is rare or non-existent on the sandy coastal plain, and there are few specimens from southern Florida and the higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. The combination of long rhizomes, long silvery callus hairs, and spirally coiled awns distinguish <i>S. alopecuroides</i> from all other species in the region.</p>
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name=Saccharum alopecuroides
|author=
|authority=(L.) Nutt.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Erianthus alopecuroides
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Md.;N.J.;Okla.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;W.Va.;Mo.;Ohio;Ala.;D.C;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Fla.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae
|genus=Saccharum
|species=Saccharum alopecuroides
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