Aristida stricta

Taxobox
name = "Aristida stricta"

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Plantae
phylum = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Aristida"
species = "A. stricta"
binomial = "Aristida stricta"
binomial_authority = Michx.

"Aristida stricta" is a warm-season grass, native to North America, that dominates understory vegetation in sandhills and flatwoods coastal plain ecosystems of the Southeastern United States. 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.

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316567 Germplasm Resources Information Network]