OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dichanthelium aciculare

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

Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. angustifolium

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

Dichanthelium aciculare

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

Panicum arenicoloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum arenicoloides

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandy Woods Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium arenicoloides, Sandy Woods Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paar10_001_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium arenicoloides, Sandy Woods Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_arenicoloides2

August        

In general it resembles D. aciculare, but its spikelets are more elongate, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Dichanthelium arenicoloides, Sandy Woods Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_arenicoloides2b

August        

Larger autumnal blades to 6cm by 1.5mm, involute, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Dichanthelium arenicoloides, Sandy Woods Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_arenicoloides3

September    Dare County    NC

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. angustifolium

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum arenicoloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum arenicoloides

 

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3900

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Open sandy soil of pinelands and dunes, primarily near the coast; probably occasional to frequent, but long overlooked, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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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

 

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