Erianthus brevibarbis Michx.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Erianthus brevibarbis Michx.

• Description

  Species Description - Culms 1–2 m, wholly glabrous, even the axis and branches of the panicle; blades to 15 mm wide, scaberulous, pilose toward the base; panicle 2–4 dm, narrow, brown or purple; spikelets 5–8 mm, scabrously puberulent toward the tip, the copious, pale or white subtending hairs 2–4 mm; awn 2 cm, subterete, straight or slightly flexuous. Damp soil of the coastal plain from Del. and Md. to La., n. to Ark. and s. Ill. (E. coarctatus; Saccharum b.)

• Common Names

  brown plumegrass