Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The dense, velvety pubescence of the internodes, sheaths, and blades of this taxon, combined with the viscid band below the nodes, are diagnostic, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium scoparium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-057:
Panicum scoparium FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum scoparium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum scoparium
COMMON NAME:
Velvet Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_disc3_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pasc9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210209_8705
February Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4891
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4893
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4896
May Pickens County SC
Leaf blades rather thick, 12-20cm long, 10-18mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5256
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5258
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
A viscid band below the retrorsely bearded nodes; internodes, sheaths, blades velvety-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5260
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7441
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7442
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060604_059
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120623_210
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Spikelets 2.4-2.6mm long, obovate, turgid, papillose-pubescent, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm120705_693b
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Panicle's rachis villous, the branches spreading-ascending, villous, spotted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6330
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Culms 5-14dm [55"] tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6331
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Panicle 6-16cm long, 5-10cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6374
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6378
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Ligules densely ciliate, 1.5-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6381
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6383
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220809_9552
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220809_9553
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Stems stout, hairy, with a hairless band below the nodes, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium scoparium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-057:
Panicum scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum scoparium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum scoparium
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist sandy soil of woodland openings and ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p220
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p674
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