''Tridens strictus'', the longspike tridens, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family
Poaceae
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 ...
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It is native to the central and southeastern United States, with a disjunct population in western Pennsylvania.
A perennial reaching , it is a facultative wetland species.
References
Chloridoideae
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of Kansas
Flora of Oklahoma
Flora of Texas
Flora of Missouri
Flora of Illinois
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora of Pennsylvania
Plants described in 1903
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