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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Dichanthelium scabriusculum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Dichanthelium scabriusculum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-058:

Panicum scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Panicum aculeatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Panicum scabriusculum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum aculeatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum scabriusculum

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Swamp Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Tall Swamp Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_disc2_002_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Tall Swamp Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paac7_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Tall Swamp Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paac7_002_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Tall Swamp Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pala30_001_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Tall Swamp Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pasc8_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Tall Swamp Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pasc8_002_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium scabriusculum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium scabriusculum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-058:
Panicum scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum aculeatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum scabriusculum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum aculeatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum scabriusculum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4347

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist, low, open or shaded woodlands, often along streams or ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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

 

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