Mnesithea tessellata (Steudel) de Koning & Sosef. Common name: Pitted Jointgrass. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine savannas and bogs. Distribution: Sw. GA and FL Panhandle west to e. LA, an East Gulf Coastal Plain endemic.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, Veldkamp, de Koning, & Sosef (1986); = Coelorachis tessellata (Steud.) Nash — FNA25, K4, NS, WH3; = Manisuris tessellata (Steud.) Scribn. — GW1, HC, S, S13; = Rottboellia tessellata Steud. — POWO. Basionym: Rottboellia tessellata Steud. 1855
Links to other floras: = Coelorachis tessellata - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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