Oplismenus setarius

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
Common Name:Woods Grass; Basket Grass
Habitat:Mesic to moist shady forests.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Basket Grass is a native herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). It can be found in the southern half of Alabama. Basket Grass occurs in low woods, along forest edges, along trails, and in shady lawns. It is a decumbent perennial rooting at the nodes. The stems are wiry, and green in color. The nodes are pubescent and the internodes are usually pubescent along one side. The leaves are alternate, ovate to lanceolate in outline, glabrous or pubescent on both surfaces, and usually undulate. The sheathes and ligules are ciliate. Flowers are produced in upright, narrow panicles. The panicle has 2-10 short lateral branches. Each branch has 1-10 spikelets. The spikelets have long purplish awns. The fruit is an oblong to ellipsoid yellowish grain. Basket Grass can form a dense groundcover under trees in areas with low light. It can be used as a lawn grass substitute under trees in deep shade where typical sod grasses will not grow. It is sometimes available from native plant nurseries or can be grown from seed or divisions. It is a larval host plant for the Carolina Satyr Butterfly (Hermeuptychia sosbius). Basket Grass can be a nuisance as the awns on the fruit attach to socks and animal fur.—Alvin Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Oplismenus
Species Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. - Woods Grass; Basket Grass

Citation

Citation Oplismenus setarius (Lamarck) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis. 2: 481. 1817.
Basionym: Panicum setarium Lam. 1791.
Type: Without data, Richard s.n. (holotype: P).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Hippagrostis setarius Hippagrostis setarius (Lamarck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777. 1891.Panicum setarium Lamarck 1791. 
Oplismenus compositus subsp. setarius Oplismenus compositus (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, subsp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman, Ark. Bot. 11(4): 26. 1912.Panicum setarium Lamarck 1791. 
Oplismenus compositus var. setarius Oplismenus compositus (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, var. setarius (Lamarck) F. M. Bailey, Queensland Grasses 19. 1888.Panicum setarium Lamarck 1791. 
Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. setarius Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, subsp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman, Ark. Bot. 13(10): 33. 1913.Panicum setarium Lamarck 1791. 
Orthopogon setarius Orthopogon setarius (Lamarck) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 306. 1824.Panicum setarium Lamarck 1791. 
Panicum setarium Panicum setarium Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 170. 1791. Without data, Richard s.n. (holotype: P).

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: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Lee, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1963 - 1982

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000018061 Choctaw 27 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1191		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
ALNHS00004689 Dallas 15 Sep 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2787		 ALNHS
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
UWAL0009034 Monroe 14 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4831		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Beauv. ssp. Setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
TROY000028496 Marengo 24 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1177		 TROY
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
AUA000018065 Dallas 1 Oct 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1318		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
AUA000018071 Mobile 23 Sep 1963 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UWAL0012510 Baldwin 20 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13621		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
SAMF0007121 Baldwin 21 Oct 1972 Lelong, Michel G.
6869		 SAMF
Oplismenus setarius (Lamarck) Roemer & Schultes
UWAL0009033 Marengo 24 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1177		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Beauv. ssp. Setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
JSU100071 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18934		 JSU
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
TROY000044472 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13093		 TROY
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
UWAL0046560 Autauga 14 Dec 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1487		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
AUA000018064 Crenshaw 27 Aug 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9872		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
TROY000035950 Butler 16 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23359		 TROY
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
UWAL0012458 Butler 16 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23359		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
TROY000048998 Autauga 14 Dec 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1487		 TROY
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
JSU105688 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
165		 JSU
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
UWAL0038461 Mobile 04 Nov 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8236.1		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lamarck) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
UWAL0052434 Sumter 02 Oct 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10470		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
UWAL0015236 Sumter 01 Oct 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8212		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Beauv. ssp. setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
UNA00004924 Mobile 24 Sep 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D1005		 UNA
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
UWAL0019696 Montgomery 12 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25614		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
UNA00004919 Baldwin 22 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37432		 UNA
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
UWAL0037907 Baldwin 03 Aug 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
6721		 UWAL
Oplismenus seterius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult
TROY000046996 Mobile 04 Nov 1974 Lelong, Michel G.
8236		 TROY
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
UWAL0044514 Baldwin 10 Nov 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
618		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
AUA000018070 Lee 24 Sep 1985 Dalrymple, Larry W.
 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UWAL0002303 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13093		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Beauv. ssp. setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
AUA000018067 Elmore 11 Aug 1960 Banks, Donald J.
322		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UWAL0006015 Conecuh 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69682		 UWAL
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
AUA000018068 Escambia 30 Sep 1981 Henderson, T.
676		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
JSU100072 Monroe 01 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19073		 JSU
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
AUA000018062 Conecuh 10 Sep 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UWAL0038893 Escambia 13 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4841		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
AUA000018063 Crenshaw 6 Sep 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11400		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UNA00004929 Tuscaloosa 24 Aug 1963 Thomas, Joab L.
737		 UNA
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
UWAL0038065 Tallapoosa 27 Aug 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14945		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lamarck) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
AUA000032993 Escambia 13 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4841		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
TROY000033337 Barbour 24 Sep 2011 Morrison, Derek
114		 TROY
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
UWAL0034526 Conecuh 03 Oct 1994 Kral, Robert
84235		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem & Schult.
TROY000049629 Autauga 16 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1229		 TROY
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
TROY000028302 Monroe 14 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4831		 TROY
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
AUA000018060 Bullock 16 Oct 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5609		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UNA00001115 Dallas 01 Oct 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1318		 UNA
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
AUA000018069 Lee 24 Sep 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1869		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
JSU100073 Monroe 02 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19123		 JSU
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
AUA000018066 Elmore 11 Oct 1974 Johnson, Jr., W.C.
S.N.		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
UWAL0048062 Bullock 08 Sep 2017 Soehren, Eric C.
515		 UWAL
Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & J.A. Schultes
AUA000018072 Pike 6 Sep 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11405		 AUA
Oplismenus Setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Shult.
TROY000041900 Montgomery 12 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25614		 TROY
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois ssp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman
SAMF0003517 Pike 20 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25631		 SAMF
Oplismenus hirtellus (Linnaeus) Beauvois
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