Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino var. hispidus

Locations ofArthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino var. hispidus in Virginia

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Family
Poaceae
Botanical Name
Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino var. hispidus
Common Name
Joint-head Grass
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
Comments
Sometimes confused (especially before flowering) with Microstegium vimineum and Oplismenus undulatifolius. Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus has distinctly cordate-clasping leaves, which M. vimineum lacks. The leaves of O. undulatifolius are also cordate-clasping but are undulate.
Habitat
Damp to moist fields, roadsides, ditches, disturbed floodplains, and other low, disturbed habitats; can be invasive in natural, open wetlands such as fens and seeps; shade-intolerant. Common throughout at low elevations.
Native Status
Introduced

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