Axonopus furcatus
Common names: Big Carpetgrass
| Axonopus furcatus | |
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| 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 | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: Paspalum furcatum (Flügge)
Varieties: none
Description
A. furcatus is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America. [1]
Distribution
The A. furcatus is found along the Coastal Plains of Virginia to Florida and west to Texas and Arkansas. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
A. furcatus can be found in maritime forests, sandy forest, bottomlands, calcareous wet meadows and other coastal regions. [2]
It has been found in plant communities including pine, palmetto, and wet prairie. [3]
This grass is most abundant in regions burned in the winter. [4]
Recorded habitats include longleaf pine sandhills with wet depressions, cypress swamps, rich pasture, standing water, deciduous wooded bottoms on sandy levee, ponds, banks of rivers, and wooded floodplains. [5]
Phenology
This species has been observed to flower in June.[6]
Fire ecology
A study found A. furcatus to be more abundant in sites that were winter burned and grazed.[4]
Conservation and Management
It is listed as endangered and extirpated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.[1]
Cultivation and restoration
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References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ Hilmon, J. B. (1964). "Plants of the Caloosa Experimental Range " U.S. Forest Service Research Paper SE-12
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Boughton" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Cecil R Slaughter, Jason R. Swallen, Robert Kral, Sidney McDaniel, Robert K. Godfrey, G. W. Reinert States and counties: Florida (Alachua, Osceola, Collier, Madison, Jackson, Leon, Nassau, Franklin)
- ↑ 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: 26 MAR 2019
