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Poaceae
Axonopus

not marked as a favorite taxon Axonopus furcatus (Flüggé) A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Big Carpetgrass. Phenology: Mar-Dec. Habitat: Maritime forests, other sandy forests, bottomlands, roadsides, calcareous wet meadows, lawns. Distribution: Se. VA south to FL, west to TX and AR, mainly Coastal Plain but scattered inland; apparently adventive in e. MD (Knapp et al. 2011); also in South America (Brazil to Argentina), unclear whether native there.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, GW1, HC, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, SFla, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3; = Paspalum furcatum Flüggé > Anastrophus paspaloides (Michx.) Nash — S13. Basionym: Paspalum furcatum Flüggé 1810

Links to other floras: = Axonopus furcatus - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Axonopus furcatus© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Axonopus furcatus© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Axonopus furcatus© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Axonopus furcatus© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Axonopus furcatus© Jay Horn, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jay Horn source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Axonopus furcatus© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Axonopus furcatus© Jay Horn, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jay Horn source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
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