Danthonia sericea Nuttall. Common name: Silky Oat-grass, Downy Danthonia. Phenology: Mar-Jun (-early Jul). Habitat: Dry woodlands, especially common in sandy soils in the Coastal Plain, dry oak, oak-pine, and pine forests in the Piedmont and low Mountains, and on dry acidic cliffs and rock outcrops, roadsides and woodland margins. Distribution: Primarily a Coastal Plain species northward, ranging from e. MA south to FL and west to LA. Reported for WV by Vanderhorst et al. (2013).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, ETx1, F, FlGr, HC, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, Tat, Tx, Va, W, WH3; = Danthonia sericea Nutt. var. sericea — C, G, RAB; < Danthonia sericea Nutt. — FNA25, Tn; Danthonia sericea Nutt. — (basionym)
Links to other floras: < Danthonia sericea - FNA25
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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