Tridens is a genus of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae native to the Americas.
Species
13 species are accepted.
- Tridens albescens <small>(Vasey) Wooton & Standl.</small> - southwest + south-central USA (AZ NM TX LA AR OK KS), Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León)
- Tridens ambiguus <small>(Elliott) Schult.</small> – pine barren fluffgrass - southeastern USA (TX LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)
- Tridens brasiliensis <small>(Nees ex Steud.) Parodi</small> - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
- Tridens carolinianus <small>(Steud.) Henrard</small> - southeastern USA (LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)
- Tridens chapmanii â south-central and southeastern United States to New Jersey
- Tridens congestus <small>(L.H.Dewey) Nash</small> – pink fluffgrass USA (AZ TX)
- Tridens flaccidus <small>(Döll) Parodi</small> - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia
- Tridens flavus <small>(L.) Hitchc.</small> – purpletop - Ontario, eastern + central USA, Nuevo León
- Tridens hackelii <small>(Arechav.) Parodi</small> - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
- Tridens nicorae <small>Anton</small> - northern Argentina
- Tridens ÃÂ oklahomensis <small>(Feath.) Feath.</small> - Oklahoma (hybrid T. flavus ÃÂ T. strictus)
- Tridens riograndensis <small>Acedo & Llamas</small> - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil
- Tridens strictus <small>(Nutt.) Nash</small> – longspike tridens - southeastern + south-central USA (from TX to FL to IL + PA)
- Tridens texanus <small>(S. Watson) Nash</small> - USA (TX NM), Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis PotosÃÂ)
Formerly included
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