Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Bermuda Grass - Cynodon dactylon   (L.) Persoon
Members of Poaceae:
Only member of Cynodon in NC.
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Author(L.) Persoon
DistributionThroughout the state, although not yet collected from some montane counties. Almost surely will be found in all counties. It is such a weedy species that perhaps collectors have simply not bothered taking plants for specimens.

Native to Eurasia; widespread in the warmer parts of N.A.
AbundanceCommon to often abundant. Widely planted on golf courses and athletic fields; often escaping.
HabitatRoadsides, lawns, garden weed, campuses, golf courses, dune swales, waste ground. It is one of the most abundant grasses of lawns and pastures.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting May-September.
IdentificationBermuda Grass does not originate from Bermuda, but it grows well there. Stems creep along the ground and root at nodes. The flower stalks are held erect several inches to a foot, terminated by a rather horizontal "windmill" of skinny spikes.
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B.A. SorrieFallow field and roadside, Whispering Pines, May 2015. MoorePhoto_non_natural
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