Difference between revisions of "Schedonorus pratensis"

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Plants perennial. Culms to 1.3 m. Leaves folded or convolute in young shoots; auricles glabrous; ligules to 0.5 mm; blades 10-25 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. Panicles (6)10-25 cm; branches at the lowest node 1 or 2, shorter branch with 1-2(3) spikelets, longer branch with 2-6(9) spikelets. Spikelets (8.5) 12-15.5(17) mm long, 2-5 mm wide, with (2)4-10(12) florets. Lower glumes (2)2.6-4.5 mm; upper glumes 3-5 mm; lemmas 5-8 mm, usually smooth, sometimes slightly scabrous distally, apices unawned, sometimes mucronate, mucros to 0.2 mm; paleas slightly shorter than the lemmas; anthers (1.5)2-4.6 mm. Caryopses 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide. 2n = 14.

Conn., N.J., N.Y., Wash., Ark., Kans., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Del., D.C, Wis., W.Va., Mass., Maine, N.H., R.I., Vt., Fla., Wyo., N.Mex., Tex., La., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Pa., Calif., Nev., Va., Colo., Alaska, Ala., Mont., Oreg., Ill., Ga., Ind., Iowa, Ariz., Idaho, Md., Ohio, Alta., B.C., Greenland, Man., N.B., Nfld. And Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Mo., Minn., Mich., Miss., Utah, Ky.

Discussion

Schedonorus pratensis is a Eurasian species that is now widely established in the Flora region. It used to be a popular forage grass in the contiguous United States and southern Canada, but is now rarely planted.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa