Tridens flavus
Common name: redtop [1], tall redtop [1], purpletop tridens [1], greasy grass [1], Chapman's tridens [2]
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| Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Tridens |
| Species: | T. flavus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. | |
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| Natural range of Tridens flavus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: none
Varieties: none
Description
T. flavus is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America and introduced to Canada. [2]
Distribution
T. flavus is found in the eastern half of the United States as well as California, and in the Ontario region of Canada. [2]
Ecology
Habitat
T. flavus proliferates in roadsides, disturbed areas, and glades. [1]
Specimens have been collected from drying loamy sands, burned pineland, bank of rivers, cypress swamp bank, open field, hammock, wooded floodplain, and pine-oak flatwood. [3]
Phenology
T. flavus has been observed to flower in October. [4]
Fire ecology
T. flavus is not fire resistant, but has high fire tolerance. [2]
Use by animals
T. flavus has high palatability for grazing and browsing animals. [2]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRFL2
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Julia Neel, Roy Komarek, Robert Norris, A.F. Clewell, R. Kral, J. P. Gillespie, D.L. Martin, S. T. Cooper, R.D. Houk, Richard Mitchell, Cecil Slaughter, Marc Minno, Ann F. Johnson, Wilson Baker, Billie Bailey, Alan Franck, Peter Simones, M. Darst, A. Gholson, Kathleen Craddock Burks, Gary Knight. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Leon, Hamilton, Marion, Liberty, Jackson, Dixie, Okaloosa, Nassau, St. Johns, Volusia, Calhoun, Lafayette, Walton) Georgia (Grady, THomas)
- ↑ 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
