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Oplismenus undulatifolius

(Ard.) P. Beauv.

Basketgrass

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.839604

Element CodePMPOA4F011

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusOplismenus

Synonyms

Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius(Ard.) U. Scholz

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

This taxon was recognized as Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius in Flora of North America (vol. 25 2003). As of October 10, 2010, Flora of North America recognizes Oplismenus undulatifolius as a species rather than a subspecies (Grass Manual on the Web, M. Barkworth 2010). Soreng et al. (2015) also recognizes this taxon as the full species Oplismenus undulatifolius and includes this note: "Previously accepted by Catalogue of New World Grasses as O. hirtellus subsp. undulatifolius , acceptance as species updated 11 Nov 2015 (RJS). A form with variegated leaves is sometimes cultivated. A second form is invasive in the mid-Atlatic region of the US."

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Maryland	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Virginia (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mill Mountain	George Washington National Forest	10,840
Northern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	9,444
Southern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	11,985

References (6)

Barkworth, M.E. ed. Not dated. Grass Manual on the Web, Manual of Grasses for North America Project. Utah State University, Intermountain Herbarium. Online. Available: http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/default.htm (accessed 2015).
Beauchamp, V.B., S.M. Koontz, C. Suss, C. Hawkins, K.L. Kyde, and J.L. Schnase. 2013. An introduction to <i>Oplismenus undulatifolius </i>(Ard.) Roem. & Schult. (wavyleaf basketgrass), a recent invader in Mid-Atlantic forest understories Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 140(4): 391–413.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 25. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxv + 781 pp.
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.
Soreng, R.J., G. Davidse, P.M. Peterson, F.O. Zuloaga, E.J. Judziewicz, T.S. Filgueiras, and O. Morrone. 2015. November 11 last update. Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae). <i>Oplismenus. </i>Online. Available: http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?projectid=10 (Accessed 4 February 2016).
Weakley, A. S. 2012. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Working Draft of 30 November 2012. 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 2012).