| Aristida stricta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Aristida |
| Species: | A. stricta
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| Binomial name | |
| Aristida stricta | |
Aristida stricta, known as wiregrass or pineland three-awn grass, is a warm-season grass native to North America. The species dominates understory vegetation in sandhills and flatwoods coastal plain ecosystems of the Carolinas in the Southeastern United States.[1][2] Its appearance is characterized by villous bristles (indument) on each side of its midrib and on the back of the involute leaf blade.[3]
- ^ Peet 1993, p. 25.
- ^ Fill, Jennifer M.; Moule, Brett M.; Varner, J. Morgan; Mousseau, Timothy A. (March 2016). "Flammability of the keystone savanna bunchgrass Aristida stricta". Plant Ecology. 217 (3): 331–342. doi:10.1007/s11258-016-0574-0. hdl:10919/97893. ISSN 1385-0237.
- ^ Peet 1993, p. 26.