ID_PLANT: TRAM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tridens ambiguus
Include in WOTAS: 0
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Last Modified: 2020-01-01
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: TRIDE GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Tridens GENUS AUTHORITY: Roem. & Schult. GENUS COMMON: Tridens GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 14 species, native to the Western Hemisphere. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Valdés-Reyna in FNA (2003a). [also see Tridentopsis]
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: POACEA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Poaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: (R. Brown) Barnhart 1895 or GRAMINEAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Grass Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 771 genera and 12,074 species, herbs (and some shrubs and trees), cosmopolitan. Tribal classification largely follows FNA (2003a, 2007a), with some changes based on subsequent research, as for instance in the Chloridoideae (Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson 2010a). FAMILY REFERENCE: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a, 2007a)=FNA; Hitchcock and Chase (1950)=HC; Blomquist (1948); Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson (2010a, 2010b). Key to genera adapted in large part from FNA.
This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tridens ambiguus
COMMON NAME: Pineland Triodia, Flatwoods Fluffgrass
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, GW, HC, K, RAB, WH3; = Triodia elliottii Bush - S]
PHENOLOGY: Aug-Oct.
HABITAT: Wet savannas, clay-based Carolina bays, marshes.
COMMENTS: S. NC south to FL, west to e. TX.
RANGE MAP: Tridens ambiguus.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Poaceae (R. Brown) Barnhart 1895 or GRAMINEAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Grass Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 771 genera and 12,074 species, herbs (and some shrubs and trees), cosmopolitan. Tribal classification largely follows FNA (2003a, 2007a), with some changes based on subsequent research, as for instance in the Chloridoideae (Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson 2010a). REFERENCE: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a, 2007a)=FNA; Hitchcock and Chase (1950)=HC; Blomquist (1948); Peterson, Romaschenko, & Johnson (2010a, 2010b). Key to genera adapted in large part from FNA.ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Tridens Roem. & Schult. (Tridens) SUMMARY: A genus of about 14 species, native to the Western Hemisphere. REFERENCE: Valdés-Reyna in FNA (2003a). [also see Tridentopsis]
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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