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Common name: pinewoods fingergrass <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>, dune fingergrass <ref name= "Weakley 2015"/>
 
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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
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Synonyms: ''Chloris petraea'' Swartz.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Description==  
 
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''E. petraea'' is a perennial graminoid of the ''Poaceae'' family.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EUPE9 https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EUPE9] </ref> It can reach heights of up to 30 inches tall.<ref>[[https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 13, 2019</ref>
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==Distribution==
 
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''E. petraea'' is native along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the U.S, Virgin Islands, and has been introduced to Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/> It is also native south of the United States from Mexico south to Panama.<ref name= "Weakley 2015"/>
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==Ecology==
 
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''E. petraea'' is foud in dune slacks and sand flats, as well as sometimes in disturbed areas. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> Specimens have been collected from borders of mesic woodlands, loamy sands, coastal hammock, open pine woods, pond bottom, mangrove flats, palm flatwoods, disturbed sands, river banks, river bottoms, and wiregrass longleaf pine sands. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, R.E. Perdue, D.B. Ward, Robert R> Haynes, Gwynn W. Ramsey, R. S. Mitchell, Tom Barnes, Richard Houk, R. Kral, J. P. Gillespie, S.W. Leonard, Robert Lemaire, D.B. Ward, D. Burch, George Cooley, Erdman West, Tom Daggy, Robert lazor, Frank Goul, Dorothy C. Saunders, Wilbur Duncan, Sidney McDaniel, Patrick Brennan, Mabel Kral, R.A. Norris, Richard R. Clinebell II, E. West, L. Arnold, J.A. Duke, Edwin Tyson, K. MacClendon, T. MacClendon, B. Boothe, J. Kartesz, V. Craig, R. Mears, G. Wilder, Wayne D. Longbottom, David Williams, M. Darst, H. Light, J. Good, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Dixie, Jefferson, Holmes, Seminole, Calhoun, Liberty, Leon, Citrus, Okaloosa, Monroe, Lee, Osceola, Highlands, Bay, Levy, Palm Beach, Sumter, Madison, Polk, Taylor, Collier, Manatee, Columbia, Indian River, Orange, Lake, Lake, Alachua, Okeechobee, Walton, Gadsden, Wakulla) Georgia (Thomas, Calhoun, Franklin)</ref>
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Associated species include ''Dichanthelium aciculare'', ''D. tenue'', ''Sabal palmetto'', ''Quercus laevis'', ''Quercus'' sp., ''Pinus palustris'', ''Panicum gymnocarpon'', ''Polygonum densiflorum'', ''Aristida'' sp., and other various grasses and sedges.<ref name= "FSU herbarium"/>
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Generally, ''E. petraea'' flowers from June until October as well as sometimes in May.<ref name= "Weakley 2015"/> It has been observed to flower in September.<ref name= "PanFlora"> Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 21 MAY 2018 </ref>
 
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This species is considered vulnerable in the state of North Carolina.<ref>[[http://explorer.natureserve.org]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 13, 2019</ref>
  
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 30 June 2022

Common name: pinewoods fingergrass [1], dune fingergrass [2]

Eustachys petraea
Eustachys petraea AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eustachys
Species: E. petraea
Binomial name
Eustachys petraea
(Sw.)
EUST PETR DIST.JPG
Natural range of Eustachys petraea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Chloris petraea Swartz.[3]

Varieties: none.[3]

Description

E. petraea is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family.[1] It can reach heights of up to 30 inches tall.[4]

Distribution

E. petraea is native along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the U.S, Virgin Islands, and has been introduced to Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. [1] It is also native south of the United States from Mexico south to Panama.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

E. petraea is foud in dune slacks and sand flats, as well as sometimes in disturbed areas. [2] Specimens have been collected from borders of mesic woodlands, loamy sands, coastal hammock, open pine woods, pond bottom, mangrove flats, palm flatwoods, disturbed sands, river banks, river bottoms, and wiregrass longleaf pine sands. [5]

Associated species include Dichanthelium aciculare, D. tenue, Sabal palmetto, Quercus laevis, Quercus sp., Pinus palustris, Panicum gymnocarpon, Polygonum densiflorum, Aristida sp., and other various grasses and sedges.[5]

Phenology

Generally, E. petraea flowers from June until October as well as sometimes in May.[2] It has been observed to flower in September.[6]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

This species is considered vulnerable in the state of North Carolina.[7]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EUPE9
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  4. ↑ [[1]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 13, 2019
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, R.E. Perdue, D.B. Ward, Robert R> Haynes, Gwynn W. Ramsey, R. S. Mitchell, Tom Barnes, Richard Houk, R. Kral, J. P. Gillespie, S.W. Leonard, Robert Lemaire, D.B. Ward, D. Burch, George Cooley, Erdman West, Tom Daggy, Robert lazor, Frank Goul, Dorothy C. Saunders, Wilbur Duncan, Sidney McDaniel, Patrick Brennan, Mabel Kral, R.A. Norris, Richard R. Clinebell II, E. West, L. Arnold, J.A. Duke, Edwin Tyson, K. MacClendon, T. MacClendon, B. Boothe, J. Kartesz, V. Craig, R. Mears, G. Wilder, Wayne D. Longbottom, David Williams, M. Darst, H. Light, J. Good, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Dixie, Jefferson, Holmes, Seminole, Calhoun, Liberty, Leon, Citrus, Okaloosa, Monroe, Lee, Osceola, Highlands, Bay, Levy, Palm Beach, Sumter, Madison, Polk, Taylor, Collier, Manatee, Columbia, Indian River, Orange, Lake, Lake, Alachua, Okeechobee, Walton, Gadsden, Wakulla) Georgia (Thomas, Calhoun, Franklin)
  6. ↑ Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 21 MAY 2018
  7. ↑ [[2]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 13, 2019
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