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

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

Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ramulosum

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

Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Panicum nitidum var. ramulosum

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

Panicum microcarpon

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

Panicum microcarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Small-fruited Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pami6_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pami6_002_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200525_05205

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Differs from D. dichotomum var. dichotomum in having smaller spikelets and ...

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200525_05310

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

... having wider vernal leaf blades (7-15mm wide vs. 3-8mm wide), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5204

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Spikelets small: 1.4-1.9 mm long, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5307

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5307_copy

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaf blades spreading, 10-12cm long, averaging 10mm wide, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200528_5375

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Internodes and sheaths glabrous; usually all nodes densely bearded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7681

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Nodes conspicuously bearded with retrorse hairs. Sheaths ciliate along the margins, per Flora of North America.

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6181

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6183

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Dichanthelium microcarpon, Small-fruited Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6186

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Nodes conspicuously bearded with reflexed hairs, culms otherwise glabrous, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ramulosum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Panicum nitidum var. ramulosum

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4344

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests, swamps, openings, and borders of streams and ponds, and occasionally in dry upland woods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain & SC Mountains)

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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
Grain

 

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