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Coelorachis cylindrica

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Poaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Poales

Genus
  
Coelorachis

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Coelorachis, Eriochloa contracta, Mnesithea, Paspalum floridanum, Phalaris caroliniana

Coelorachis cylindrica is a species of grass known by the common names cylinder jointtail grass, Carolina jointgrass, and pitted jointgrass. It is native to the southeastern United States.

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 is cylindrical. The spikelets are pitted.

This grass grows on tallgrass prairies, forest edges, and sometimes roadsides.

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Coelorachis cylindrica Wikipedia