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Tridens

not marked as a favorite taxon Tridens albescens (Vasey) Wooten & Standley. Common name: White Tridens, White Fluffgrass. Phenology: Mar-Nov. Habitat: Dry grasslands; eastwards (SC) in waste area near wool-combing mill, presumably merely a waif. Distribution: KS, NM, AZ south through TX into Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, TAM).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA25, Il, K4, Mex, NcTx, Tx; = n/a — C, RAB; = Rhombolytrum albescens (Vasey) Nash — S13. Basionym: Triodia albescens Vasey 1891

Links to other floras: = Tridens albescens - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Tridens albescens© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
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