Description ²

A somewhat cryptic, short-leaved species that favors acidic soils near wetlands, like natural ponds or creeks. Owing to its name it has a very long, distinct ligule. Also look for very small spikelets, few to none marginal cilia, and leaves that are consistently short. By the autumnal phase it usually takes a pom-pom like appearance with orderly fascicles of leaves occurring along the stem.

Spikelets: 1.1-1.5 mm, usually ellipsoid, puberulent.

From FNA

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Will McFarland, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Will McFarland
2. (c) Nathan Aaron, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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