Erianthus alopecuroides

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyPoaceae
Family (Traditional)Poaceae
GenusErianthus
Species:Erianthus alopecuroides (L.) Elliot
Common NameSilver Plume Grass
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Caryopsis; Fruit Type: Grain; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Placentation Type: Parietal; Placentation Type: Basal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 4
StatusNative
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Butler (KY), Calloway (KY), Cumberland (KY), Estill (KY), Graves (KY), Hancock (KY), Hart (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Martin (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Ohio (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Cheatham (TN), Clay (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), McMinn (TN), McNairy (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, HTTU, MDKY, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1999

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100774320 Menifee Kentucky 06 Sep 1989 Ross C. Clark
22303
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137908 Estill Kentucky 09 Oct 1987 Richard G. Guetig
534
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138013 McCreary Kentucky 24 Sep 1978 Douglas Stephens
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137882 Barren Kentucky 01 Oct 1994 Charles J. Lapham
292
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138054 Rowan Kentucky 16 Sep 1987 Allison W. Cusick
27056
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137957 Laurel Kentucky 06 Oct 1993 David D. Taylor
17493
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
N/A Menifee Kentucky 06 Sep 1989 Ross C. Clark
22303
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137890 Barren Kentucky 14 Sep 1991 Ronald L. Jones
6966
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137965 Laurel Kentucky 15 Oct 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-2815
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138039 Rockcastle Kentucky 15 Oct 1980 Nancy Sferra
26
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138096 Stewart Tennessee 08 Oct 1978 L. Nelson
17
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100195054 Knox Tennessee 02 Sep 1978 H. DeSelm
97
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137924 Hart Kentucky 12 Nov 1977 J. Stuart Lassetter
2691
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138062 Todd Kentucky 20 Sep 1976 Raymond Athey
3654
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138005 Madison Kentucky 18 Oct 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-904
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100547635 Cumberland Kentucky 21 Sep 1997 James B. Beck, R. C. Clark, Carrie Tilton
288
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137973 Laurel Kentucky 09 Sep 1978 J. Sole
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138088 Roane Tennessee 12 Sep 1976 Henry R. DeSelm
334
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137916 Hancock Kentucky 17 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2047
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006349 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006344 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006353 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006345 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006347 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006351 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006352 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006348 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006346 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
BEREA006350 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004661 Powell Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004665 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004663 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004660 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004657 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004659 Lewis Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004662 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004664 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
MDKY00004666 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014875 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014904 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014895 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014902 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014924 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014883 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014937 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014865 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014941 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014877 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014914 Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014929 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014873 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014881 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014939 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014880 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014905 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014879 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014898 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014908 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014876 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014909 Moore Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014891 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014866 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014931 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014868 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014889 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014867 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014921 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014884 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014934 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014874 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014923 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014918 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014928 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014901 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014988 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014927 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014903 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014864 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014917 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014910 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014878 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014916 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014887 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014900 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014897 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014886 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014938 White Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014885 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014989 Todd Kentucky
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014870 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014911 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014932 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014861 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014912 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014896 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014936 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014882 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014940 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014888 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014919 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014869 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014926 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014925 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014863 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014933 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014913 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014915 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014871 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014899 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014862 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014892 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014922 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014906 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014920 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014872 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014930 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014890 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014996 Kentucky
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014997 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014935 Union Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014907 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014894 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
TENN-V-0014893 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Erianthus alopecuroides
UCHT006246 Overton Tennessee
UCHT
Erianthus alopecuroides
009047 Tipton Tennessee
BOON
Erianthus alopecuroides
009048 Tipton Tennessee
BOON
Erianthus alopecuroides
009049 Tipton Tennessee
BOON
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032572 Stewart Tennessee 22 Oct 1966 Eugene Wofford
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032573 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073798 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032585 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032580 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032589 McNairy Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073797 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032588 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0077514 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073217 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032584 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0091504 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032579 Sumner Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032574 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073811 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0116817 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073795 Butler Kentucky 22 Aug 1968 Harold W. Elmore
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032591 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073804 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032590 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032597 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032583 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0093978 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032581 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032575 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0077391 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073813 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032576 Stewart Tennessee 11 Sep 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032577 Bradley Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032592 Stewart Tennessee 14 Sep 1982 Edward Chester
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073805 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0073803 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0032582 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
APSC0056397 Hancock Tennessee
APSC
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU027188 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011875 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU027187 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011879 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU027186 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011877 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011874 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011878 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011876 Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
HTTU011873 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178545 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178538 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178537 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178541 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178556 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178550 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178539 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178549 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178536 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178535 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178543 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178555 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178551 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178554 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178534 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178548 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178553 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178546 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178542 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178547 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178544 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
BRIT178540 Tennessee
VDB
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137940 Larue Kentucky 02 Sep 1997 R.L. Jones
8262
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138104 Tipton Tennessee 03 Oct 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne
7004.1
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138021 Ohio Kentucky 06 Oct 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5889
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100138047 Rockcastle Kentucky 15 Oct 1986 Ralph L. Thompson
86-482
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137932 Larue Kentucky Ronald L. Jones
8287
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137999 Cumberland Kentucky 02 Oct 1999 Ross C. Clark
25349
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
N/A Menifee Kentucky 06 Sep 1989 Ross c. Clark
22303
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
31234100137981 Martin Kentucky 17 Oct 1978 Richard H. Hannan
KEP-1-858
EKY
Erianthus alopecuroides
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