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Poaceae
Aristida

not marked as a favorite taxon Aristida basiramea Engelmann ex Vasey. Common name: Forktip Three-awn. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Sandy soils; introduced eastwards. Distribution: Native of mw. United States. Maine and Ontario south to South Carolina (FNA), Alabama, Texas, and Colorado (FNA). Reported occurrence in Pennsylvania is based on misidentification (S. Grund, pers.comm., 2023).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, POWO, S13; = Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey var. basiramea — C; = n/a — Pa, RAB; < Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey — Tx. Basionym: Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey 1884

Links to other floras: = Aristida basiramea - FNA25

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