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

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



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

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

Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense

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

Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense

INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)

Panicum dichotomum var. mattamuskeetense

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 clutei

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

Panicum mattamuskeetense

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

Panicum mattamuskeetense

 

COMMON NAME:
Mattamuskeet Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense, Mattamuskeet Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pacl6_001_lhd

        

Panicum clutei < Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense

image of Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense, Mattamuskeet Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pama10_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense, Mattamuskeet Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pama10_002_lhd

        

 

 

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense

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

INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum dichotomum var. mattamuskeetense

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 clutei

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3906

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, meadows, borders of pocosin shrub swamps, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Common in NC, uncommon in 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
Grain

 

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