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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)

Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045:

Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum barbulatum

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

Panicum dichotomum

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

Panicum barbulatum

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

Panicum dichotomum

 

COMMON NAME:
Forked Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paba7_001_lhd

        

Panicum barbulatum < D. dichotomum var. dichotomum

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_padi8_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_padi8_002_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200505_4588

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Spikelets glabrous, 1.8-2.3mm long; widest vernal blades 3-8(10)mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200602_5611

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm180711_3378

July    Greenville County    SC

A small and "tidy" species, with stems 6-12" tall and well-spaced, rather short leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    s100703_d

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm201026_7969

October    Spartanburg County    SC

Short branchlets of autumnal phase bear usually much-reduced leaves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4608

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm071105_007

November    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm071105_008

November    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm071105_010

November    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm071105_011

November    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Forked Witchgrass

JK Marlow    s071105_abc

November    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

Autumnal phase much branched at middle nodes, lower part usually bladeless, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045:
Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1019

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet-mesic to dry woods, thickets, and woodland openings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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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 yellowish/Purplish
Grain

 

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