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Typical habitats for this grass include woodlands, forests, meadows, and sandhill swales.  <ref name= "Weakley"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>
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Typical habitats for this grass include woodlands, forests, meadows, and sandhill swales.  <ref name= "Weakley"> 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 pine savanna after a burn, drying sandy loam, dry upland pine-oak hickory woods near a river, and moist loamy sand near small pond. <ref name = "FSU 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)</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>
 
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
Sisyrinchium angustifolium IWF.jpg
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.
SISY ANGU DIST.JPG
Natural range of Sisyrinchium angustifolium from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 USDA Plant Database
  2. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. 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)
  4. Pan Flora