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Common Names: narrowleaf blue-eyed grass <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
''S. angustifolium'' is a perennial forb/herb of the Iridaceae family that is native to North America. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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''S. angustifolium'' is a perennial forb/herb of the Iridaceae family that is native to North America.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
''S. angustifolium'' is found throughout the eastern North American Continent, as far west as Texas, Kansas, and Ontario, Canada. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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''S. angustifolium'' is found throughout the eastern North American Continent, as far west as Texas, Kansas, and Ontario, Canada.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
===Habitat===  
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Typical habitats for this grass include woodlands, forests, meadows, and sandhill swales. <ref name= "Weakley"> 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 pine savanna after a burn, drying sandy loam, dry upland pine-oak hickory woods near a river, and moist loamy sand near small pond. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A. Norris, R.K. Godfrey, R. Lomarek, Rodie White, Richard S. Mitchell, J. Kevin England, Marli Rikard. States and counties: Florida (Franklin, Wakulla, Jackson, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, Jefferson, Liberty, Leon, Gadsden, Holmes, Hamilton) Alabama (Winston) Georgia (Grady, Thomas)</ref>
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Typical habitats for this grass include woodlands, forests, meadows, and sandhill swales.<ref name= "Weakley"> 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 pine savanna after a burn, drying sandy loam, dry upland pine-oak hickory woods near a river, and moist loamy sand near small pond.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A. Norris, R.K. Godfrey, R. Lomarek, Rodie White, Richard S. Mitchell, J. Kevin England, Marli Rikard. States and counties: Florida (Franklin, Wakulla, Jackson, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, Jefferson, Liberty, Leon, Gadsden, Holmes, Hamilton) Alabama (Winston) Georgia (Grady, Thomas)</ref>
  
Soils with a medium to fine texture is more hospitable to ''S. angustifolium''. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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Soils with a medium to fine texture is more hospitable to ''S. angustifolium''.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
  
The grass has a intermediate tolerance for shade and a low tolerance for shade. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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The grass has a intermediate tolerance for shade and a low tolerance for shade.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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===Phenology===
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''S. angustifolium'' has been observed to flower from January to May with peak inflorescence in April. <ref name= "Pan Flora"> 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: 29 MAY 2018</ref>
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''S. angustifolium'' has been observed to flower from January to May with peak inflorescence in April.<ref name= "Pan Flora"> 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: 29 MAY 2018</ref>
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The grass has a high tolerance for fire.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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===Fire ecology===
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
The grass has a high tolerance for fire. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Cultural use==
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 12:56, 15 July 2022

Common Names: narrowleaf blue-eyed grass[1]

Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Sisyrinchium angustifolium IWF.jpg
Photo by John Hilty hosted at IllinoisWildflowers.info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species: S. angustifolium
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Mill.
SISY ANGU DIST.JPG
Natural range of Sisyrinchium angustifolium from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: S. graminoides (E.P. Bicknell)

Variety: none

Description

S. angustifolium is a perennial forb/herb of the Iridaceae family that is native to North America.[1]

Distribution

S. angustifolium is found throughout the eastern North American Continent, as far west as Texas, Kansas, and Ontario, Canada.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

Typical habitats for this grass include woodlands, forests, meadows, and sandhill swales.[2] Specimens have been collected from pine savanna after a burn, drying sandy loam, dry upland pine-oak hickory woods near a river, and moist loamy sand near small pond.[3]

Soils with a medium to fine texture is more hospitable to S. angustifolium.[1]

The grass has a intermediate tolerance for shade and a low tolerance for shade.[1]

Phenology

S. angustifolium has been observed to flower from January to May with peak inflorescence in April.[4]

Fire ecology

The grass has a high tolerance for fire.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 USDA Plant Database
  2. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A. Norris, R.K. Godfrey, R. Lomarek, Rodie White, Richard S. Mitchell, J. Kevin England, Marli Rikard. States and counties: Florida (Franklin, Wakulla, Jackson, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, Jefferson, Liberty, Leon, Gadsden, Holmes, Hamilton) Alabama (Winston) Georgia (Grady, Thomas)
  4. 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: 29 MAY 2018