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Aristida beyrichiana

Trin. & Rupr.

Beyrich's Three-awn Grass

G5Secure (G5?) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.157202
Element CodePMPOA0K1P0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusAristida
Synonyms
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana(Trin. & Rupr.) D.B. Ward
Other Common Names
Beyrich's Three-awn (EN) Beyrich threeawn (EN) Southern Wiregrass (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Taxonomic Comments
Included in Aristida stricta in most floristic works; recently, it has been suggested (Ward 2001) that the material might be treated as a variety within A. stricta (A. stricta var. beyrichiana). Kartesz (1999) and Weakley (2008, draft) consider A. beyrichiana to be a species distinct from A. stricta; their narrow-sense A. stricta occurs only in the Carolinas, while A. beyrichiana extends throughout the southeast.
Conservation Status
Review Date2000-06-28
Change Date2000-06-28
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
GeorgiaSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
South CarolinaS3Yes
MississippiS2Yes
FloridaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Florida (2)
AreaForestAcres
Clear LakeApalachicola National Forest5,592
SavannahApalachicola National Forest1,927
References (3)
  1. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  2. Ward, D. B. 2001. New combinations in the Florida flora. Novon 11(3): 360-365.
  3. Weakley, A. S. 2008. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, northern Florida, and surrounding areas. Working Draft of 7 April 2008. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. Available: http://herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm (Accessed 2008).