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''E. hirsuta'' is found in fields, roadsides, clearings, and disturbed habitats. <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 open flatwoods, small limestone glade, margin of shallow pond, open sand of vacant lot and other disturbed areas, hardwood hammock, mixed hardwood forest, and pine-oak woods. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, R.K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, Gary Knight, R.Kral, Richard Mitchell, Sidney McDaniel, Travis MacClendon, G. Wilder, K. MacClendon, Richard R. Clinebell II, D.L. Martin, S.T> Cooper, Ann F. Johnson, R.A. Norris, Cecil Slaughter, Bob Farley, M.J. Quinones. States and counties: Florida (Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, Leon, Franklin, Walton, Levy, Gadsden, Escambia, Suwannee, Dixie, Liberty, Taylor, Clahoun, Marion, St. Johns, Gulf) South Carolina (Richland) Georgia (Thomas, Grady)</ref> It is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a facultative upland species, where it most often can be found in non-wetland habitats but can occasionally be found in wetland areas.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/> | ''E. hirsuta'' is found in fields, roadsides, clearings, and disturbed habitats. <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 open flatwoods, small limestone glade, margin of shallow pond, open sand of vacant lot and other disturbed areas, hardwood hammock, mixed hardwood forest, and pine-oak woods. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, R.K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, Gary Knight, R.Kral, Richard Mitchell, Sidney McDaniel, Travis MacClendon, G. Wilder, K. MacClendon, Richard R. Clinebell II, D.L. Martin, S.T> Cooper, Ann F. Johnson, R.A. Norris, Cecil Slaughter, Bob Farley, M.J. Quinones. States and counties: Florida (Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, Leon, Franklin, Walton, Levy, Gadsden, Escambia, Suwannee, Dixie, Liberty, Taylor, Clahoun, Marion, St. Johns, Gulf) South Carolina (Richland) Georgia (Thomas, Grady)</ref> It is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a facultative upland species, where it most often can be found in non-wetland habitats but can occasionally be found in wetland areas.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/> | ||
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+ | Associated species include ''Aristida'' sp., ''Eragrostis elliottii'', ''Eragrostis oxylepis'', ''Eragrostis'' sp., ''Sporobolus'' sp., ''Juniperus'' sp., ''Paronychia'' sp., ''Croton'' sp., ''Vaccinium stamineum'', ''Pterocaulon'' sp., ''Helenium amarum'', ''Elephantopus nudatus'', ''Muhlenbergia capillaris'', ''Schoenus nigricans'', and others.<ref name= "FSU herbarium"/> | ||
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Common name: bigtop lovegrass [1]
Eragrostis hirsuta | |
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Photo from USDA NRCS Plants Database | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Eragrostis |
Species: | E. hirsuta |
Binomial name | |
Eragrostis hirsuta Michx. | |
Natural range of Eragrostis hirsuta from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: E. hirsuta var. hirsuta; E. hirsuta var. laevivaginata Fernald
Varieties: none
Description
E. hirsuta is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America. [1]
Distribution
E. hirsuta can be found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to Massachusetts, excluding Indiana and Pennsylvania.[1] It is also native to Central America.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
E. hirsuta is found in fields, roadsides, clearings, and disturbed habitats. [2] Specimens have been collected from open flatwoods, small limestone glade, margin of shallow pond, open sand of vacant lot and other disturbed areas, hardwood hammock, mixed hardwood forest, and pine-oak woods. [3] It is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a facultative upland species, where it most often can be found in non-wetland habitats but can occasionally be found in wetland areas.[1]
Associated species include Aristida sp., Eragrostis elliottii, Eragrostis oxylepis, Eragrostis sp., Sporobolus sp., Juniperus sp., Paronychia sp., Croton sp., Vaccinium stamineum, Pterocaulon sp., Helenium amarum, Elephantopus nudatus, Muhlenbergia capillaris, Schoenus nigricans, and others.[3]
Phenology
This species generally flowers from July until October.[2]
Seed dispersal
This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity. [4]
Use by animals
E. hirsuta consists of approximately 2-5% of the diet for various terrestrial birds.[5]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERHI
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, R.K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, Gary Knight, R.Kral, Richard Mitchell, Sidney McDaniel, Travis MacClendon, G. Wilder, K. MacClendon, Richard R. Clinebell II, D.L. Martin, S.T> Cooper, Ann F. Johnson, R.A. Norris, Cecil Slaughter, Bob Farley, M.J. Quinones. States and counties: Florida (Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, Leon, Franklin, Walton, Levy, Gadsden, Escambia, Suwannee, Dixie, Liberty, Taylor, Clahoun, Marion, St. Johns, Gulf) South Carolina (Richland) Georgia (Thomas, Grady)
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
- ↑ Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.