Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: P. agrostoides Spreng. Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial clumping grass Habitat: Wet sand and peat soils. Range: New Jersey counties except Mercer, Monmouth and Sussex, VR, HL, P, CP-N and S Frequency: Common Rank/Status: G5, S4/5; none Wetland Status: FACW+ Flowering & Reproduction: Flowering in July, spikelets mature in … [Read more...] about Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees var. rigidulum – Redtop Panic Grass
Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees var. pubescens (Vasey) LeLong – Strict Redtop Panic Grass
Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: P. longifolium Torr.; Panicum longifolium var. pubescens (Vasey) Fernald; P. anceps var. pubescens Vasey; P. longifolium var. tusketense Fernald Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial clumping grass Habitat: Wet sands and peat soil; spungs and intermittent ponds of Outer Coastal Plain Range: New Jersey counties except Essex, Hudson, Somerset, Morris, … [Read more...] about Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees var. pubescens (Vasey) LeLong – Strict Redtop Panic Grass
Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees. var. elongatum (Pursh) LeLong – Redtop Panic Grass
Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: P. stipitatum Nash; Panicum agrostoides var. elongatum (Pursh) Scribn.; P. elongatum Pursh Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial clumping grass Habitat: Wetlands, san and peat soils of spungs and intermittent ponds Range: Bergen, Burlington Camden Gloucester and Salem Co., HL, P, CP-N and S Frequency: Common Rank/Status: G5, … [Read more...] about Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees. var. elongatum (Pursh) LeLong – Redtop Panic Grass
Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees – Redtop Panic Grass
Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: Refer to each varietal page Lower Taxa: Five subspecies recognized by Freckman and LeLong and four by USDA Plants Database. Four subspecies found in New Jersey: P. rigidulum var. rigidulum; P. rigidulum var. pubescens; P. rigidulum var. elongatum; P. rigiulum var. condensum. Additional taxa south of New Jersey include P. rigiulum var. combsii; Freckman and LeLong desribe ssp. abscissum (Florida endemic) ; … [Read more...] about Panicum rigidulum Bosc. ex. Nees – Redtop Panic Grass
Guess This Plant
September 2026 - Guess That Plant
This is the FNJP's 185 th edition of Guess that Plant!
This month's Guess that Plant is an upland fern common throughout the state. Think you know this plant? If so, send your answer for this month's Guess that Plant.
August's Plant:
Veronica officinalis L.; Common Speedwell
The August Guess that Plant is a plant that is both native and introduced in North America. Common speedwell is found in rich dry woodlands and rocky slope throughout … [Read more...] about Guess This Plant