*Sclerochloa dura (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois. Hard Grass, Fairground Grass. Phen: Feb-Apr. Hab: Athletic fields, lawns, in gravel or compacted earth in agricultural fairgrounds. Dist: NY (Westchester County) and s. ON westward; scattered s. to GA and further westward. Perhaps most commonly encountered in our region from w. NY and w. PA westward to IL. Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy: = C, ETx1, FNA24, HC, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NY, Pa, Tx, Tucker (1996)
Heliophily: 9
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