Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. View in CoL [ Poaceae ] Pan-American Balsamscale:

Collected in 1992 from what would later become the state-owned Grand Bay Savanna Forever Wild Complex, this voucher was the first and remains the only collection of Pan-American Balsamscale known from Alabama. Not widely collected outside of Texas and the Florida Panhandle , this 6–8 foot tall, cespitose, perennial grass species is considered historic in Mississippi and has only one recent collection identified from Georgia (Oct 2002, R.Kral 93525, Early Co, GA; NYBG 1597309 View Materials ). Found in low sandy pinewoods and savannas, this taxon’s distribution stretches southward through Mexico and Central America to South America .

Voucher Specimen : Mobile Co.: 5.2 mi SW of jct w/ AL Hwy 188, on University Rd , from Bayou La Batre ; Pt. aux Pines, in estuarine slash pine flatwoods;6’ tall, 12 Aug 1992, Chris Oberholster, CO#499 , ( ALNHS8885 View Materials ). STATE RECORD .