Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium pinetorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium acuminatum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium aciculare
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium aciculare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum pinetorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum pinetorum
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_papi5_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium pinetorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium acuminatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium aciculare
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium aciculare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum pinetorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum pinetorum
3903
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Open sandy pine and pine/oak woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Florida
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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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