Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

  • Collector(s)

    P. Butter 1218 with Devon Cummings, Uri Sarig, Jocelyn Lucente, 5 Oct 2023

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Town of Pound Ridge. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, meadow, former dump, 83 meters north of Reservation Road.

  • Habitat

    planted grassland on landfill/dump. Panicum virgatum, Artemisia vulgaris, and Solidago altissima. rare.

  • Description

    graminoid. Grasses growing in very large clumps up to 1.5 meters square, flowering culms to 1.8 meters tall. Planted as part of dump remediation in the early 2000s, in meadow dominated by Panicum virgatum.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05151507

    Occurrence ID: 7ccf96a2-159b-4f32-ab87-ac68890f5c3c

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Westchester Co.

  • Locality

    Town of Pound Ridge. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, meadow, former dump, 83 meters north of Reservation Road

  • Elevation

    Alt. 124 m. (407 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    41.2601, -73.5836

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    30

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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Flora of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
POACEAE
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides
Del Patricia Butter, 2023
United States of America. New York: Westchester County. Town of
Pound Ridge. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, meadow, former dump, 83
meters north of Reservation Road 41.260135 Lat, -73.58364 Lon (WGS84
±30m); 124 meters elev. planted grassland on landfill/dump with Panicum
virgatum, Artemisia vulgaris, and Solidago altissima.
Rare. Grasses growing in very large clumps up to 1.5 meters square,
flowering culms to 1.8 meters tall. Planted as part of dump remediation in
the early 2000s, in meadow dominated by Panicum virgatum.
Photographs of plant and habitat uploaded to iNaturalist
www. inaturalist. org/observations/186328357
Patricia Butter, 1218, 2 of 2	05	OCT	2023
Devon Cummings, Uri Sarig, Jocelyn Lucente
Project funded by the Friends of Traflside Museum
05151507