Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Most of its close relatives look way different in the field. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_padi8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_padi8_002_lvd
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm200602_5611
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180711_3378
July Greenville County SC
A small and "tidy" species, with stems 6-12" tall and well-spaced, rather short leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow s100703_d
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm201026_7969
October Spartanburg County SC
Short branchlets of autumnal phase bear usually much-reduced leaves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm211027_4608
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm071105_007
November Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm071105_008
November Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm071105_010
November Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm071105_011
November Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow s071105_abc
November Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Autumnal phase much branched at middle nodes, lower part usually bladeless, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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
1019
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in wet-mesic to dry woods, thickets, and woodland openings, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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