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Revision as of 14:14, 5 June 2018

Common names: Big carpetgrass [1]

Axonopus furcatus
Axonopus furcatus AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Axonopus
Species: A. furcatus
Binomial name
Axonopus furcatus
(Fluegge) Hitchcock

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: Paspalum furcatum (Flügge)

Varieties: none

Description

A. furcatus is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America. [2]


Distribution

The A. furcatus is found along the Coastal Plains of Virginia to Florida and west to Texas and Arkansas. [2]

Ecology

Habitat

A. furcatus can be found in maritime forests, sandy forest, bottomlands, calcareous wet meadows and other coastal regions. [3]

This grass is most abundant in regions burned in the winter. [4]


Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. USDA Plant Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 USDA Plant Database
  3. [Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.]
  4. [Boughton, E., et al. (2013). "Season of fire and nutrient enrichment affect plant community dynamics in subtropical semi-natural grasslands released from agriculture." Biological Conservation 158: 239-247.]