Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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 barbulatum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum dichotomum
COMMON NAME:
Forked Witchgrass, Cypress Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paba7_001_lhd
Panicum barbulatum < D. dichotomum var. dichotomum
JK Marlow jkm200505_4588
May Spartanburg County SC
Spikelets glabrous, 1.8-2.3mm long; widest vernal blades 3-8(10)mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm200602_5611
June Spartanburg County SC
Stems 6"-1' tall with well-spaced and rather short leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
JK Marlow jkm180711_3378
July Greenville County SC
Short branchlets of autumnal phase bear usually much-reduced leaves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
JK Marlow s100703_d
July Greenville County SC
Autumnal phase much branched at middle nodes, lower part usually bladeless, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.