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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium boscii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-062:
Panicum boscii FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. molle
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum boscii var. molle
COMMON NAME:
Bosc's Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pabo5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pabo5_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2130
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230418_2578
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085b
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Spikelets 3.7-4.2mm long; rachis and spreading-ascending branches villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085c
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180506_478
May Crawford County GA
Culms 40-70cm tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4614
May Spartanburg County SC
Spikelets relatively large.
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4616
May Spartanburg County SC
The nodes of the stems are bearded with soft hairs, per How to Know the Grasses: Pictured Key Nature Series (Pohl, 1954).
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5436
May Greenville County SC
Var. molle difers in its velvety blades and downy-villous culms and sheaths, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5467
May Greenville County SC
The downy variety (molle) is similar in appearance to D. raveneli, however ...
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5470
May Greenville County SC
... Bosc's leaf blades are wider (over 1") than Ravenel's (¾" or less), per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5522
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5544
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5552
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5560
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5564
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3616
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Bosc's Witchgrass has broad and relatively short leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm100611_018
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
Blades glabrous, puberulent or pilose on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200611_5818
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200611_5820
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s050604_l2
June Greenville County SC
Blade margins scaberulose, bases cordate, long-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s050604_l3
June Greenville County SC
Panicle 6-12cm long, spikelets 4-4.5mm long, about half as wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium boscii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-062:
Panicum boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. molle
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum boscii var. molle
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: In a variety of shaded to partially open mesic to dry woodlands (oak-hickory). Also, occasionally in a variety of fields, powerlines, clearcuts, glades, barrens, rocky woodlands, creeksides, ravines, and (less commonly) floodplains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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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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