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pine barren sandreed

Scientific Name: Calamovilfa brevipilis

Family: Poaceae

Category: Monocot

Growth: Graminoid

Duration: Perennial

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Pine Barren Sandreed (Calamovilfa brevipilis)

Calamovilfa brevipilis, commonly known as Pine Barren Sandreed, is a perennial graminoid found in specific habitats. This page provides information about its classification, distribution, and other relevant details.

Considerations for Pets

  • This plant has blades that can grow up to 50 cm long, potentially posing a risk of cuts or scrapes if pets come into contact with them.

Classification and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Calamovilfa brevipilis (Torr.) Scribn.
  • Common Name: Pine Barren Sandreed, Pine Barren Reedgrass, Sandreed
  • Family: Poaceae (Grass family), formerly Gramineae.
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Genus: Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southw.
  • Synonym: Flora of Virginia Name/Status: Calamovilfa brevipilis (Torr.) Scribn.
  • Nomenclatural Reference: True Grasses 113 (216). 1890 Bull. U. S. Div. Agrost. 7: 168, fig. 150. 1897

Distribution and Habitat

  • Primarily found in the northeastern U.S., from New Jersey to Maine, particularly in areas with pine barrens, pine plains, and sand plains.
  • Specifically associated with the New Jersey Pine Barrens, where it occurs in topographic lows adjacent to dwarf shrub communities.
  • Also found in Carolina pine barrens and Florida.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Rhizomes are short and covered with persistent bases of foliage leaves.
  • Culms (stems) can grow up to 1.5 meters in height.
  • Sheaths reach up to 30 cm in length.
  • Ligules are small, up to 0.5 mm.
  • Blades can grow up to 50 cm long.

Ecological Role

  • Plays a role in plant community succession on barren sandy soils.
  • Serves as a food source for certain insects, such as butterfly larvae.
  • Can form dominant communities, such as those dominated by pine barren sand reed in association with heath shrubs.

Quirky Facts

  • The plant is associated with pitch pine/dwarf huckleberry/pine barren sandreed woodlands.

Further Information

  • USDA PLANTS Database
  • Discover Life
  • Hitchcock, A.S. (rev . A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC.