Common names:

• Carolina Canary grass  (Source: Grass Tex) - English
• May grass  (Source: F GPlains) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Ohio (s.e.)]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (s. & e.), Missouri, Oklahoma]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (s.e.), Oregon (w.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Monocots&FamilyID=Poaceae&GenusID=Phalaris&SpeciesID=caroliniana), Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada (s.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte]


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• Europe

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Puerto Rico

References:

1. Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae) (Webbia) 49:299.
2. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
3. Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975 (Grass Tex)
4. Gould, F. W. & R. Moran The grasses of Baja California, Mexico. (Grass Baja)
5. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 (F CalifJep)
6. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association) Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
8. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?27518. Accessed 22 May 2018.