Aristida stricta

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Aristidoideae
Tribus: Aristideae
Genus: Aristida
Species: Aristida stricta
Name

Aristida stricta Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 41 (1803).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Chaetaria stricta (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 30 (1812).

Homonyms

Aristida stricta Muhl., nom. illeg. = Aristida spiciformis Elliott
Aristida stricta Steud., pro syn. = Aristida virgata Trin.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southeastern USA
North Carolina; South Carolina

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. Vol. 1. BHL Reference page. : 1: 41.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aristida stricta in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aristida stricta. Published online. Accessed: Dec 17 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aristida stricta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 17.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aristida stricta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
English: pineland threeawn

Aristida stricta is a warm-season grass, native to North America, that dominates understory vegetation in sandhills and flatwoods coastal plain ecosystems of the Carolinas in the Southeastern United States. It is known as wiregrass (due to its texture) and pineland three-awn grass.

Its common name, wiregrass, gave rise to the naming of the Wiregrass Region in which it is located.

This is a fast-growing species that regenerates quickly after fires. The plant depends on regular summer burning in order to stimulate flowering and seed production.
References

"Aristida stricta". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).