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bent-awn plumegrass

Erianthus contortus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 8, February 4, March 5, April 8, May 10, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 4, November 4, December 4.
United States272
Virginia62
Mississippi55
Louisiana37
North Carolina30
Alabama19
South Carolina18
Maryland13
Georgia12
Texas11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusPlumegrasses · Erianthus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise bent-awn plumegrass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.