OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dichanthelium portoricense

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

Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. columbianum

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

Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-042:

Panicum columbianum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum columbianum var. columbianum

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

Panicum tsugetorum

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

Panicum columbianum

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

Panicum tsugetorum

 

COMMON NAME:
American Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium columbianum, American Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paco29_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium columbianum, American Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paco29_002_lvd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium portoricense

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-042:
Panicum columbianum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum columbianum var. columbianum

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2661

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to moist thin woods and open ground, usually in sandy soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains & Piedmont of NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowidh/Purplish
Grain

 

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