Axonopus furcatus
Common names: Big carpetgrass [1]
| 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. [2]
Distribution
The A. furcatus is found along the Coastal Plains of Virginia to Florida and west to Texas and Arkansas. [2]
Ecology
Habitat
A. furcatus can be found in maritime forests, sandy forest, bottomlands, calcareous wet meadows and other coastal regions. [3]
It has been found in plant communities including pine, palmetto, and wet prairie. [4]
This grass is most abundant in regions burned in the winter. [5]
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. [6]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ USDA Plant Database
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ [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.]
- ↑ 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)
