Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Poaceae | Erianthus alopecuroides | Silver Plume Grass | Dry to moist fields, roadsides, woodlands, and woodland borders. | NJ west to IN, IL, MO, and OK, south to FL and TX. | 
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Poaceae | Erianthus brevibarbis | Short-bearded Plume Grass | Marshes, ditches. | SC south to n. FL, west to AR, e. OK, and e. TX; disjunct in s. IL. Reports from NC appear to be in error. | 
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Poaceae | Erianthus coarctatus | Brown Plume Grass | Marshes, ditches, clay-based Carolina bays, swamps, peaty powerline rights-of-way. | DE and MD south to FL, west to TX (Brown & Marcus 1998). | 
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Poaceae | Erianthus contortus | Bent-awn Plume Grass | Moist to wet clearings, open woodlands and forests, woodland borders. | DE and MD south to Panhandle FL, west to TX and AR, with scattered occurrences north to TN. | 
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Poaceae | Erianthus giganteus | Sugarcane Plume Grass, Giant Plume Grass | Marshes, roadbanks, lake and pond margins, cypress ponds, wet pine flatwoods, ditches. | NY south to FL, west to se. TX and AR, mainly Coastal Plain, but with an extensive distribution inland as well. | 
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Poaceae | Erianthus strictus | Narrow Plume Grass | Marshes, clay-based Carolina bays, depression ponds, ditches. | E. VA south to FL, west to TX, AR, scattered northward inland to TN and MO. | 
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