Leersia lenticularis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Leersia lenticularis Michx.
Common Name:Catchfly Cutgrass; Oatmeal Grass
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LELE2
Plant Notes:Catchfly Cutgrass is a native perennial herbaceous species in the Grass family (Poaceae). It is found primarily in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. Catchfly Cutgrass occurs along rivers, in swamp forests, along sloughs, and around ponds and lakes. It is a perennial with short, scaly rhizomes. Culms (stems) are 2-3 feet in height, erect, and usually unbranched. The culms are round in cross-section and hollow. The culms are pubescent on the nodes and glabrous on the internodes. Leaves are alternate, light green in color, linear in outline, with scabrous margins. The upper leaf surface is glabrous or scabrous, the lower surface is pubescent or glabrous. Leaf sheaths are glabrous or scabrous. Flowers are produced in terminal panicles. The branches of the panicle are naked on the lower third and have 4-14 spikelets at their ends. The spikelets are arranged on one side of the branch. Spikelets are suborbicular in outline with cilia on the keels of the lemmas and pubescent on the margins and body. The seed is a grain. The seed of Catchfly Cutgrass are eaten by various species of song birds and water fowl. Catchfly Cutgrass foliage is a food plant for the caterpillars of the Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor). As the common name suggest, Catchfly Cutgrass leaf margins are easily capable of slicing human flesh. The plants also tend to cling to clothing or skin. Walking through a stand of this species, especially when sweating, is an unpleasant experience.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Leersia
Species Leersia lenticularis Michx. - Catchfly Cutgrass; Oatmeal Grass

Citation

Citation Leersia lenticularis Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 39. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ILLINOIS: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Asprella lenticularis Asprella lenticularis (Michaux) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 267. 1817.Leersia lenticularis Michaux 1803. 
Homalocenchrus lenticularis Homalocenchrus lenticularis (Michaux) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777. 1891.Leersia lenticularis Michaux 1803. 
Zizania lenticularis Zizania lenticularis (Michaux) Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 799. 1821.Leersia lenticularis Michaux 1803. 

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: Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Crenshaw, Dallas, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Jackson, Lauderdale, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Tuscaloosa

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: 1997 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0039367 Jackson 23 Aug 2017 Webb, David H.
8455		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
UNA00056171 Barbour 03 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12144		 UNA
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
AUA000017697 Mobile 29 Sep 1981 Henderson, T.
653		 AUA
Leersia Lenticularis Michx.
TROY000036052 Bullock 26 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1124		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UNA00066294 Butler 22 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16733		 UNA
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
TROY000032897 Butler 15 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22536		 TROY
Leersia Lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0030315 Dallas 18 Jun 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6526		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
TROY000012274 Geneva 08 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18627		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0019900 Morgan 06 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5702		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
TROY000029419 Montgomery 29 Sep 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20960		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0009009 Montgomery 29 Sep 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20960		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
UWAL0049731 Lauderdale 10 Oct 2017 Webb, David H.
8511		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
AUA000017696 Crenshaw 8 Oct 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6506		 AUA
Leersia Lenticularis Michx.
TROY000012272 Butler 08 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18502		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0010482 Baldwin 02 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3638		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
ALNHS00001378 Dallas 20 Oct 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-659		 ALNHS
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
TROY000012271 Bullock 12 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13588		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0012509 Baldwin 20 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13622		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
AUA000040500 Escambia 30 May 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5574		 AUA
Leersia Lenticularis Michx.
TROY000049538 Morgan 06 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5702		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
TROY000044342 Pike 26 Oct 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27708		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
JSU102033 Baldwin 08 Jun 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9935		 JSU
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0043281 Baldwin 21 Sep 2005 Larsen, Harry S.
1455		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
UWAL0016958 Greene 25 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1220		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0050386 Escambia 30 May 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5574		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
JSU102036 Tuscaloosa 10 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10846		 JSU
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0043280 Baldwin 24 Oct 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1278		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
AUA000017695 Choctaw 27 Jul 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1109		 AUA
Leersia Lenticularis Michx.
UWAL0039549 Pike 26 Oct 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27708		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UNA00050613 Geneva 14 Jun 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10694		 UNA
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
JSU102035 Monroe 01 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
28998		 JSU
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0012700 Bullock 26 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1124		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
JSU102034 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18958		 JSU
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
AUA000038187 Morgan 6 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5702		 AUA
Leersia Lenticularis Michx.
TROY000012273 Butler 22 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16733		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
TROY000037443 Baldwin 02 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3638		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0034262 Mobile 22 Nov 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2762		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
AUA000038009 Escambia 5 May 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5555		 AUA
Leersia Lenticularis Michx.
TROY000012275 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18478A		 TROY
Leersia lenticularis Michaux
UWAL0009008 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18478.1		 UWAL
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
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