Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense
FAMILY
Poaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense
INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum dichotomum var. mattamuskeetense
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 clutei
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum mattamuskeetense
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum mattamuskeetense
COMMON NAME:
Mattamuskeet Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pacl6_001_lhd
Panicum clutei < Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pama10_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pama10_002_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense
INCLUDED WITHIN
New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum dichotomum var. mattamuskeetense
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 clutei
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum mattamuskeetense
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum mattamuskeetense
3906
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, meadows, borders of pocosin shrub swamps, thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in NC, uncommon in SC
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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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