''Coelorachis cylindrica'' is a species of
grass
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
known by the common names cylinder jointtail grass,
[''Coelorachis cylindrica''.]
USDA Plants Profile. Carolina jointgrass,
[''Coelorachis cylindrica''.]
Grass Manual Treatment. and pitted jointgrass.
[''Coelorachis cylindrica''.]
NatureServe. It is native to the southeastern United States.
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This grass is a rhizomatous perennial with cylindrical stems growing up to 1.2 meters in height. They are clothed in the sheaths of the leaves. The ]inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
is cylindrical.[''Coelorachis cylindrica''.]
USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet. The spikelets are pitted.[
This grass grows on tallgrass prairies, forest edges, and sometimes roadsides.][
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References
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Panicoideae
Grasses of the United States
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Endemic flora of the United States