Aristida stricta | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 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.[1][2] 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.[3]