Biology:Coelorachis cylindrica

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Coelorachis cylindrica
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
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Monocots
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C. cylindrica
Binomial name
Coelorachis cylindrica
(Michx.) Nash

Coelorachis cylindrica is a species of grass known by the common names cylinder jointtail grass,[1] Carolina jointgrass,[2] and pitted jointgrass.[3] It is native to the southeastern United States.[2]

This grass is a rhizomatous perennial with cylindrical stems growing up to 1.2 meters in height. They are clothed in the sheaths of the leaves. The inflorescence is cylindrical.[4] The spikelets are pitted.[2]

This grass grows on tallgrass prairies, forest edges, and sometimes roadsides.[2]

References

  1. Coelorachis cylindrica. USDA Plants Profile.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Coelorachis cylindrica. Grass Manual Treatment.
  3. Coelorachis cylindrica. NatureServe.
  4. Coelorachis cylindrica. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.

Wikidata ☰ Q5140683 entry