Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) P. Beauv.
Long-awned wood grass, bearded shorthusk, false brome
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Liliopsida Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass Commelinidae Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order Cyperales Flowering plants including grasses
Family Poaceae Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus Brachyelytrum Greek names for “short” and “husk” referring to minute glumes
Species erectum Upright
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This grass is native to North America.
Identification: Culms (grass stalks) are 2-3′ (60-100 cm)
tall, with back-turned bristly hairs. Grass blades are 2½-6″ (7-15 cm) long and ⅜-½″ (1-1.5 cm) wide.
They are scabrous, which if you're a plant, means covered with a rough and bristly surface.
(If you happen to be a person instead, it means you are obscene or risqué. Go figure.) The
panicles (flowering heads) are 1¾-6″ (5-15 cm) long.
Online References:
Illinois Wildflowers
Missouriplants.com
The University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
References:
Hitchcock, Albert Spear; revised by Chase, Agnes, Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Volume 1 , Dover Books, 1971 , p. 433
10/2/2010 · Hackers Trail, Cliff Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm) ID is uncertain
Brachyelytrum erectum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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10/2/2010 · Hackers Trail, Cliff Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 12 × 17″ (29 × 44 cm) ID is uncertain
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