Brachyelytrum erectum (Long-awned wood grass)

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Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) P. Beauv.

Long-awned wood grass, bearded shorthusk, false brome

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Brachyelytrum	Greek names for “short” and “husk” referring to minute glumes
Species	erectum	Upright

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This grass is native to North America.

Identification: Culms (grass stalks) are 2-3′ (60-100 cm) tall, with back-turned bristly hairs. Grass blades are 2½-6″ (7-15 cm) long and ⅜-½″ (1-1.5 cm) wide. They are scabrous, which if you're a plant, means covered with a rough and bristly surface. (If you happen to be a person instead, it means you are obscene or risqué. Go figure.) The panicles (flowering heads) are 1¾-6″ (5-15 cm) long.

Online References:

Illinois Wildflowers

Missouriplants.com

The University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

References:

Hitchcock, Albert Spear; revised by Chase, Agnes, Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Volume 1, Dover Books, 1971, p. 433

10/2/2010 · Hackers Trail, Cliff Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm) ID is uncertain

Brachyelytrum erectum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

10/2/2010 · Hackers Trail, Cliff Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 12 × 17″ (29 × 44 cm) ID is uncertain

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