Phalaris caroliniana Walter. Maygrass, Carolina Canary-grass. Phen: Apr-Jun. Hab: Borders of oligohaline tidal marshes, bottomland forests, ditches, roadsides, pastures, fallow fields, disturbed areas. Dist: NC west to OR, south into Mexico (BCN, CHH, COA, NLE, SON), the original distribution now obscured.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA24, G, GW1, HC, K1, K3, K4, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, S, S13, Tn, WH3, Tucker (1996), Voshell, Baldini, & Hilu (2016); = n/a – Tat

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
• Great Plains: FACW
• Midwest: FACW

Heliophily: 8