Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU:Vascular Plants)
LSU00126129
51d34dcf-57c6-4107-bc71-36738cd4410c
GUIS 70248
GUIS-00660
130004
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
Poaceae
purple lovegrass
Stephanie M. Gunn-Zumo
FBAR-199
2005-10-06
2005-10-6
Diane M. Ferguson
United States, Florida, Escambia, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Fort Barrancas & Advanced Redoubt Unit. West side of road at entrance to Visitor Center off of Gulf Beach Highway.
30.3497 -87.2981
UTM: Zone 16, 471349 Em, 3357576 Nm
Soil characteristics: Kureb sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes (7) - very deep, excessviely drained, sandy soil on undulating, low ridges, knolls and old dunes in coastal lowlands. Classified as occurring as a part of the Sand Pine Scrub Ecological Community. Associate plant species: Licania michauxii, Euthamia caroliniana, Ligustrum sinese, Croptilon divaricatum, Smilax bona-nox, Panicum verrucosum, Eragrostis secundiflora ssp. oxylepsis, Euphorbia discoidalis, Triplasis purpurea. Uncommon.