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Tridens strictus (Nuttall) Nash. Common name: Spike Triodia, Longspike Fluffgrass, Longspike Tridens. Phenology: Aug-Nov. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, moist pine savannas, woodlands and pine or oak savannas inland from the Coastal Plain, mesic to wet soils around swamps and marshes, roadsides. Distribution: S. VA south to AL, west to TX, north in the interior to IL and KS. Rhoads & Klein (1993) report an old specimen from w. PA, presumably a waif.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, GW1, HC, Il, K4, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, S13, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Witsell & Baker (2013); = n/a — C, Pa; = Triodia stricta (Nutt.) Benth. ex Vasey — F, G, S; Windsoria stricta Nuttall. Basionym: Windsoria stricta Nutt. 1837

Links to other floras: = Tridens strictus - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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