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Soils with a medium to fine texture is more hospitable to ''S. angustifolium''. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> | Soils with a medium to fine texture is more hospitable to ''S. angustifolium''. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> |
Revision as of 14:03, 19 June 2018
Common Names: narrowleaf blue-eyed grass [1]
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | |
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Photo by John Hilty hosted at IllinoisWildflowers.info | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Sisyrinchium |
Species: | S. angustifolium |
Binomial name | |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. | |
Natural range of Sisyrinchium angustifolium from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: S. graminoides (E.P. Bicknell)
Variety: none
Description
S. angustifolium is a perennial forb/herb of the Iridaceae family that is native to North America. [1]
Distribution
S. angustifolium is found throughout the eastern North American Continent, as far west as Texas, Kansas, and Ontario, Canada. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
Typical habitats for this grass include woodlands, forests, meadows, and sandhill swales. [2] Specimens have been collected from pine savanna after a burn, drying sandy loam, dry upland pine-oak hickory woods near a river, and moist loamy sand near small pond. [3]
Soils with a medium to fine texture is more hospitable to S. angustifolium. [1]
The grass has a intermediate tolerance for shade and a low tolerance for shade. [1]
Phenology
S. angustifolium flowers between January and May, largley producing blooms in March and April. [4]
Fire ecology
The grass has a high tolerance for fire. [1]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A. Norris, R.K. Godfrey, R. Lomarek, Rodie White, Richard S. Mitchell, J. Kevin England, Marli Rikard. States and counties: Florida (Franklin, Wakulla, Jackson, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, Jefferson, Liberty, Leon, Gadsden, Holmes, Hamilton) Alabama (Winston) Georgia (Grady, Thomas)
- ↑ Pan Flora