Coleataenia longifolia
Common Names: Lelong Redtop Panicgrass [1]
| Coleataenia longifolia | |
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| Photo by © Arthur Haines, New England Wild Flower Society | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Cyperales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Coleataenia |
| Species: | C. longifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleataenia longifolia Torr. | |
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| Natural range of Coleataenia longifolia from Weakley [2] | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Sorengia longifolia (Torrey) Zuloaga & Morrone ssp. combsii (Scribner & C.R. Ball) Zuloaga & Morrone; Panicum longifolium Torrey var. combsii (Scribner & C.R. Ball) Fernald; Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees ssp. combsii (Scribner & C.R. Ball) Freckmann & Lelong; Paspalum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees var. combsii (Scribner & C.R. Ball) Lelong; Panicum longifolium Torr.; Panicum combsii Scribner & C.R. Ball; Sorengia longifolia (Torrey) Zuloaga & Morrone ssp. longifolia; Panicum longifolium Torrey var. longifolium; Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees ssp. pubescens (Vasey) Freckmann & Lelong; Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees var. pubescens (Vasey) Lelong; Panicum longifolium Torrey var. pubescens (Vasey)
Varieties: none
Subspecies: Coleataenia longifolia (Torrey) Soreng ssp. combsii (Scribner & C.R. Ball) Soreng; Coleataenia longifolia (Torrey) Soreng ssp. longifolia
Description
C. longifolia is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America. [1]
Distribution
C. longifolia is commonly found in the south and eastern United States. [1] For the subspecies, ssp. cobsii can be found along the outer Coastal Plain from southeast Massachusetts to Florida and west to southease Louisiana, while ssp. longifolia can be found in the rest of the native distribution.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
This species is commonly found in pond shores, depression meadows, cypress savannas, marshes, and low woods. [2] It is listed as a facultative upland species that usually occurs in non-wetland areas, but can also be found in wetland habitats.[1]
This species has been recovered for specimens from habitats including bogs, bottomland of hardwood forests, moist loamy sands, of pinelands, and wet shady loam near streams. [3]
Conservation and Management
C. longifolia is listed as threatened by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. It is also listed as extirpated by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, as presumed extirpated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and a species of special concern by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.[1]
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weakley, Alan S. 2015. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1320 pp. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Weakley" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: John B. Nelson, M.Darst, H. Light, Loran C. Anderson. States and counties: Florida (Dixie, Hamilton, Leon) South Carolina (Richland)
