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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium yadkinense   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. yadkinense

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

Dichanthelium yadkinense

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)

Panicum dichotomum var. yadkinense

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

Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum yadkinense

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

Panicum yadkinense

 

COMMON NAME:
Spotted-sheath Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium yadkinense, Spotted-sheath Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paya2_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium yadkinense, Spotted-sheath Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paya2_002_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium yadkinense   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. yadkinense

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum dichotomum var. yadkinense

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

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

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

 

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3910

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests, thickets, bottomlands, and swamps, often on alluvial deposits, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-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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