Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium sphagnicola
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
his species is similar to D. lucidum in appearance, and differs most readily by its larger pubescent spikelets with smooth fertile lemma and palea, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. lucidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium sphagnicola
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum sphagnicola
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum sphagnicola
COMMON NAME:
Peaty Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pasp7_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium sphagnicola
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. lucidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium sphagnicola
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum sphagnicola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum sphagnicola
3909
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Edges of cypress swamps, in sphagnous bogs, moist shady places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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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
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