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Revision as of 14:53, 16 May 2018

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. [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]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA Plant Database
  2. [Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.]