Brachyelytrum erectum

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Family:POACEAE
Species:Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P. Beauv.
Common Name:Bearded Shorthusk; Long Awn Woodgrass; Common Shorthusk
Habitat:Mesic hardwood forests.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Long Awn Woodgrass is a native perennial herb in the Grass family (Poaceae). It can be found in central and northern portions of Alabama. Long Awn Woodgrass grows in mesic woods, along creeks, and in ravines, often in areas with neutral to basic soils. It is a perennial warm season grass from a short knotty rhizome. The erect culms are solitary or in small clumps and 1-3 feet in height. The stem nodes are densely pubescent. The internodes are glabrous or retrorsely pubescent near the node. The leaf sheaths are pubescent and shorter than the internodes. Leaves are alternate, linear, flat, and have scabrous margins with prickles and large hairs. The lower surface of the blade is pubescent along the veins and the upper surface is glabrous. Flowers are produced in slender, drooping, few-flowered spike-like panicles above the foliage. Each spikelet has a single floret with 1-2 tiny glumes, a solitary lemma and a palea. The palea is nearly as long as the lemma. The lemma has a long awn. The fruit is a grain. Long Awn Woodgrass is a larval food for the Northern Pearly-eye butterfly (Enodia anthedon). Long Awn Woodgrass is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It is shade tolerant and can be grown in mesic to moist soils under hardwoods. Plants can also be started from seed.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Brachyelytrum
Species Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P. Beauv. - Bearded Shorthusk; Long Awn Woodgrass; Common Shorthusk

Citation

Citation Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 39, 155. 1812.
Basionym: Muhlenbergia erecta Schreb. 1802.
Type: USA: PENNSYLVANIA: Without data, Muhlenberg s.n. (holotype: M; isotype: PH).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Agrostis erecta Agrostis erecta (Schreber ex Sprengel) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 264. 1824. ("1825").Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel 1807-1808. 
Brachyelytrum aristatum var. engelmannii Brachyelytrum aristatum (Persoon) Roemer & Schultes, var. engelmannii A. Gray, Manual, ed. 5. 614. 1867. MISSOURI: St. Louis Co.: St. Louis, s.d., Engelmann s.n. (lectotype: GH). Lectotypified by Babel, Rhodora 45: 261. 1943.
Brachyelytrum aristosum var. glabratum Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michaux) Trelease, var. glabratum Vasey, in Millspaugh, Bull. W. Virginia Agric. Exp. Sta. 24: 469. 1892. WEST VIRGINIA: Fayette Co.: Fayette near Nuttallburg, s.d., Nuttall s.n. (holotype: F).
Brachyelytrum erectum var. glabratum Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, var. glabratum (Vasey) Koyama & Kawano, Canad. J. Bot. 42: 866. 1964.Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michaux) Trelease, var. glabratum Vasey 1892. 
Brachyelytrum erectum var. septentrionale Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, var. septentrionale Babel, Rhodora 45: 260. 1943. NEW HAMPSHIRE: Strafford Co.: Durham, near Horticultural Farm, 19 Jun 1942, Babel 46 (holotype: WIS; isotypes: F, GH).
Brachyelytrum aristatum Brachyelytrum aristatum (Persoon) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 413. 1817, nom. illegit.Muhlenbergia aristata Persoon 1805, nom. illegit.; Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux 1803.  
Brachyelytrum aristosum Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michaux) Trelease ex Branner & Coville, Rep. (Annual) Geol. Surv. Arkansas 1888(4): 235. 1891.Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux 1803. 
Brachyelytrum septentrionale Brachyelytrum septentrionale (Babel) G. C. Tucker, J. Arnold Arbor. 69: 253. 1988.Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, var. septentionale Babel 1943. 
Dilepyrum aristosum Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 40. 1803. "Georgiae et Carolinae",
Dilepyrum erectum Dilepyrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 33. 1922.Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel 1807-1808. 
Muhlenbergia aristata Muhlenbergia aristata Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 73. 1805, nom. illegit.Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux 1803. 
Muhlenbergia erecta Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg Hist. Acad. 2: 287. 1807-1808. PENNSYLVANIA: Without data, Muhlenberg s.n. (holotype: M; isotype: PH).
Muhlenbergia brachyelytrum Muhlenbergia brachyelytrum Trinius, Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 188. 1824, nom. illegit.Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel 1807-1808. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Hale, Jackson, Lawrence, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Pike, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1882 - 2020

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU106629 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3401		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UWAL0013876 Butler 25 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23953		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beavois
UWAL0011962 Winston 20 Jul 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2291		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106625 Marshall 24 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2413		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UNA00003887 Bibb 02 Jun 1883 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
AUA000015423 Cleburne 15 Jul 1967 Cunningham, Hugh B.
 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
UWAL0038057 Winston 07 Jun 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14793		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
AUA000015422 Pike 28 Jun 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5122		 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
ALNHS00002929 Colbert 25 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-251		 ALNHS
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv.
UWAL0030207 Hale 23 Aug 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9180		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
UNA00057664 Bibb 24 Jun 1998 Allison, James R.
11014		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
JSU106623 Jackson 15 Jul 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1023		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UWAL0057175 Jackson 20 Jun 2020 Keener, Brian R.
11817		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P. Beauv.
AUA000015419 Colbert 30 Jul 1981 Henderson, T.
315B		 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
JSU106619 Colbert 06 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4437		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106630 Tuscaloosa 12 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4618		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106624 Madison 16 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6510		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106626 Marshall 24 Jun 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2103		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UNA00003827 Tuscaloosa 03 Jun 1882 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
JSU106622 Etowah 01 Jun 1996 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4484		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU145283 Cleburne 31 Jul 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
658		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106620 Colbert 06 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4437		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106631 Tuscaloosa 12 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4618		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UWAL0046196 Autauga 08 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
904		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beavois
TROY000011697 Choctaw 02 Jul 1980 Kral, Robert
65581		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106618 Cleburne 23 Jul 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10176		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UNA00003899 Lowndes 06 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1141		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
UWAL0050104 Elmore 01 Jun 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28958		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UNA00063416 Etowah 03 Jul 2002 Kral, Robert
92816		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
JSU106627 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3365		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
TROY000040266 Winston 20 Jul 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2291		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU156402 Calhoun 28 Jun 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
673		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
TROY000049239 Autauga 17 Apr 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1605		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UWAL0052216 Winston 16 Jul 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10280		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P. Beauv.
UNA00003892 Madison 10 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
996		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
JSU106621 DeKalb 09 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8583		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106628 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3365		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
TROY000037636 Butler 20 May 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23948		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
JSU106617 Clay 12 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2939		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
TROY000045364 Autauga 08 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
904		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beavois
AUA000015424 Lawrence 20 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
31696		 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
UNA00024050 Lawrence 26 Jun 1989 Harding, Dennis
s.n.		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
JSU136340 Jackson 27 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-479		 JSU
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
AUA000015420 Jackson 15 Jul 1981 Stanley, F.M.
601		 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
UWAL0034563 Marion 12 Jul 1995 Kral, Robert
85171		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.
UNA00073617 Winston 20 Jul 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2291		 UNA
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) Beauv.
TROY000046031 Butler 07 Nov 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
1697		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
AUA000015418 Choctaw 6 Jun 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
989		 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
UWAL0056550 Bibb 28 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11262		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Screber) Beauvois
TROY000048309 Elmore 01 Jun 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28958		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UWAL0050165 Autauga 17 Apr 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1605		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
ALNHS00000468 Jackson 27 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-479		 ALNHS
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P. Beauv.
TROY000044259 Hale 23 Aug 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9180		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
TROY000026437 Jackson 14 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67617		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
AUA000015421 Lowndes 6 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1141		 AUA
Brachyelytrum Erectum (Schreb. Ex Spreng.) Beauv.
TROY000049269 Autauga 17 Apr 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1605		 TROY
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauvois
UWAL0052159 Bibb 13 Jul 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10769		 UWAL
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P. Beauv.
ALNHS00004667 Winston 07 Jun 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3141		 ALNHS
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv.
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