Leersia virginica

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Leersia virginica Willd.
Common Name:White Cutgrass; White Grass; Virginia Cutgrass
Habitat:Shaded seasonally wet to damp sites.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LEVI2
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Leersia
Species Leersia virginica Willd. - White Cutgrass; White Grass; Virginia Cutgrass

Citation

Citation Leersia virginica Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 1(1): 325. 1797.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Asprella imbricata Asprella imbricata (Poiret) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 268. 1817.Leersia imbricata Poiret 1813. 
Asprella ovata Asprella ovata (Poiret) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 267. 1817.Leersia ovata Poiret 1813. 
Asprella virginica Asprella virginica (Willdenow) Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 2, 153. 1812.Leersia virginica Willdenow 1797. 
Homalocenchrus ovatus Homalocenchrus ovatus (Poiret) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777. 1891.Leersia ovata Poiret 1813. 
Homalocenchrus virginicus Homalocenchrus virginicus (Willdenow) Britton, Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 9: 14. 1889.Leersia virginica Willdenow 1797. 
Leersia imbricata Leersia imbricata Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl . 3: 329. 1813. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Bosc s.n. (holotype: P).
Leersia oryzoides var. virginica Leersia oryzoides (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. virginica (Willdenow) Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 328. 1813.Leersia virginica Willdenow 1797. 
Leersia ovata Leersia ovata Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 329. 1813. North America, without data (holotype: P).
Leersia virginica var. brasiliensis Leersia virginica Willdenow, var. brasiliensis Ekman, Ark. Bot. 13: 37. 1913. BRAZIL: Parana: Curitiba, 16 Mar 1909, Dusen 7905 (holotype: S?).
Leersia virginica var. ovata Leersia virginica Willdenow, var. ovata (Poiret) Fernald, Rhodora 38: 386. 1936.Leersia ovata Poiret 1813. 

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, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Shelby, Tallapoosa, Washington

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: 1881 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000016688 Montgomery 02 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20244		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000027413 Tallapoosa 06 Sep 2006 Barger, T. Wayne
365		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UWAL0032846 Lawrence 20 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5203		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102061 Jackson 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6263		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
ALNHS00009719 Madison 17 Jul 2024 Barger, T. Wayne
MSP-318		 ALNHS
Leersia virginica Willd.
JSU102063 Jefferson 23 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10934		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000012287 Crenshaw 30 Sep 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11616		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UNA00004476 Chilton 15 Sep 1979 Wiersema, John H.
1293		 UNA
Leersia virginica Willd.
TROY000040567 Marengo 19 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3707		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UNA00004487 Greene 07 Oct 1961 Harper, Roland M.
4506		 UNA
Leersia virginica Willd.
AUA000017711 Coffee 6 Oct 1989 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
6485		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
JSU102058 Etowah 04 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3488		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000033351 Barbour 01 Oct 2011 Morrison, Derek
124		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willd.
UWAL0038462 Mobile 04 Nov 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8235.2		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willd.
JSU102069 Marshall 13 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
914		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102067 Marshall 24 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2412		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017708 Bullock 28 Sep 2003 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14200		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
TROY000048144 Baldwin 23 Oct 1973 Lelong, Michel G.
7383		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000033438 Barbour 03 Sep 2011 Dykes, Bailee
83		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willd.
JSU102064 Jefferson 17 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
12508		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017720 Shelby 25 Sep 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1888		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
AUA000017717 Lee 20 Aug 1960 BANKS, DONALD J.
324		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
TROY000026801 Lowndes 02 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20330		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UWAL0014589 Marengo 19 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3707		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102066 Madison 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6230		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000035260 Bullock 19 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
924		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102056 Cherokee 22 Sep 1999 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10724		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000026800 Conecuh 30 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20382		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000016684 Houston 25 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20103		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102054 Calhoun 07 Oct 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
515		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017709 Butler 5 Oct 2003 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14211		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
JSU102060 Jackson 18 Sep 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1432		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017714 Jackson Sep 1983 METZLER, RAY
 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
JSU102053 Baldwin 08 Oct 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10868		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000012289 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18193		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102065 Lawrence 17 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6395		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000027412 Jefferson 29 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15845		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000012286 Butler 05 Oct 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14211		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017710 Choctaw 21 Jun 1994 CROUCH, VIRGINIA E.
1018		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
ALNHS00010217 Jackson 06 Sep 2023 Billings, Garrett G.
2233		 ALNHS
Leersia virginica Willd.
AUA000017715 Jackson 18 Sep 1998 BRODEUR, KRISTIN R.
1432 & 19917		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
UWAL0056332 Bibb 05 Jun 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11317		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017718 Lee 15 May 1922 SIMMONS, W.ELLIS
 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
JSU102072 Shelby 11 Oct 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10169		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000042999 Houston 18 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26486		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102059 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10094		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000029360 Montgomery 29 Sep 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20964		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000012285 Butler 25 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14727		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UWAL0011401 Bullock 19 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
924		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017712 Crenshaw 4 Sep 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
9919		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
TROY000012290 Pike 01 Oct 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11628		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UNA00062177 Butler 05 Oct 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14211		 UNA
Leersia virginica Willd.
UWAL0012724 Marengo 02 Jun 2012 England, J. Kevin
3520		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000027410 Cleburne 01 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11533		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UWAL0047277 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
255		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102068 Marshall 14 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4497		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UNA00060882 Bullock 28 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14200		 UNA
Leersia virginica Willd.
AUA000017716 Jefferson 29 Sep 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15845		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
ALNHS00000894 Monroe 24 Aug 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-443		 ALNHS
Leersia virginica Willd.
TROY000045258 Autauga 18 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
818		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102055 Calhoun 20 Jul 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11508		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000046896 Marengo 02 Jun 2012 England, J. Kevin
3520		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UWAL0036024 Blount 21 Sep 2014 Anderson, Kelly
697		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willd.
UNA00004467 Lawrence 26 Sep 1881 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Leersia virginica Willd.
UWAL0046633 Autauga 18 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
818		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102070 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9194		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017713 DeKalb 20 Aug 1981 O'HALLORAN, K.
420		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
AUA000017719 Pike 30 Jun 1996 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10366		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
TROY000012288 Dale 18 Jul 2000 Woods, Michael
8197		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UNA00059459 Cleburne 01 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11533		 UNA
Leersia virginica Willd.
SAMF0007961 Bullock 28 Sep 2003 Diamond. Alvin R.
14200		 SAMF
Leersia virginica Willdenow
JSU102057 Clay 30 Jul 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4277		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000012283 Bullock 28 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14200		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000027411 Hale 09 Jul 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14004		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
UWAL0038528 Baldwin 23 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7383		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willd.
JSU102062 Jackson 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6277		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
ALNHS00009720 Madison 17 Jul 2024 Barger, T. Wayne
MSP-318		 ALNHS
Leersia virginica Willd.
JSU102071 Shelby 23 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10935		 JSU
Leersia virginica Willdenow
TROY000012284 Butler 30 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18423		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000027110 Dallas 20 Oct 2010 BARGER, T.WAYNE
OC553		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
TROY000047001 Mobile 04 Nov 1974 Lelong, Michel G.
8235		 TROY
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000040508 Escambia 30 May 2012 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
5583		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
UWAL0049195 Bullock 29 Jul 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3427		 UWAL
Leersia virginica Willdenow
AUA000017721 Washington 5 Oct 1981 HENDERSON, T.
699		 AUA
LEERSIA VIRGINICA WILLD.
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