Tridens strictus (Nuttall) Nash. Spike Triodia, Longspike Fluffgrass, Longspike Tridens. Phen: Aug-Nov. Hab: 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. Dist: 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, K1, K3, 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
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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