Eragrostis refracta (Muhlenberg) Lamson-Scribner. Common name: Coastal Lovegrass. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Pinelands, pine savannas, woodlands, bogs and seeps, marshes, maritime grasslands. Distribution: DE south to s. FL, west to TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Some authors (see synonymy) have taken up the older name E. virginica for this, but its application is uncertain.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, GW1, HC, K4, RAB, S, S13, SFla, Tat, Tx, Va, Franck (2018c) in Weakley et al (2018b); ? Eragrostis campestris Trin.; ? Eragrostis virginica (Zuccagni) Steud. — WH3, misapplied; Poa refracta Muhlenberg. Basionym: Poa refracta Muhl. 1813
Links to other floras: = Eragrostis refracta - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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native range: southeastern United States
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