Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04393619
US
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Flora of the Southeastern United States of America
State: North Carolina	Family: POACEAE
County: Orange
Taxon: Pennisetwft^qlopecuroides (L.) Spreng.
“Chinese fountaingrass”
Location: Naturalized in roadside ditch on S side of
Dairyland Road (SR 1104), W of Old NC 86 in Calvander,
and E of Union Grove Church Rd (SR 1111).
Latitude 35.946 Longitude-79.116 +/-5m
Notes: I have noted several patches of this on roadsides in
Orange County for the first tiijie this summer. The rhizomes
are thick and tough. This could be an up and coming nasty
weed!
Collector: Carol Ann McCormick
Date Collected: 1 October 2019
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
04393619