Reimarochloa oligostachya

(Munro ex Benth.) Hitchc.
Common names: Florida reimargrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 601.
Revision as of 19:23, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants stoloniferous. Culms 20-40 cm or longer, compressed, decumbent, rooting at the lower nodes. Sheaths loose, lower sheaths pubescent, upper sheaths glabrous; blades to 13 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, glabrous, scabrous, or pubescent. Panicle branches (1)2-3(4), 2.5-8 cm. Spikelets 3.8-5.2 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; upper lemmas thinly coriaceous. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Reimarochloa oligostachya grows in water or wet soil of hammocks, riverbanks, ditches, and disturbed areas. While not common in the Flora region, it grows in peninsular Florida, Mobile County, Alabama, and Cuba. The Alabama record is probably an introduction.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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