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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium pinetorum   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 acuminatum

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

Dichanthelium aciculare

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

Dichanthelium aciculare

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

Panicum pinetorum

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

Panicum pinetorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Pineland Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium pinetorum, Pineland Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_papi5_001_lhd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

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

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

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

 

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3903

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Open sandy pine and pine/oak woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Florida

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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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