Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium microcarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Until recently, most authors treated this as a variety or subspecies of D. dichotomum. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ramulosum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Panicum nitidum var. ramulosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum microcarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum microcarpon
COMMON NAME:
Small-fruited Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pami6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pami6_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm200525_05205
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Differs from D. dichotomum var. dichotomum in having smaller spikelets and ...
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JK Marlow jkm200525_05310
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
... having wider vernal leaf blades (7-15mm wide vs. 3-8mm wide), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5204
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Spikelets small: 1.4-1.9 mm long, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5307
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5307_copy
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaf blades spreading, 10-12cm long, averaging 10mm wide, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm200528_5375
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Internodes and sheaths glabrous; usually all nodes densely bearded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm220510_7681
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Nodes conspicuously bearded with retrorse hairs. Sheaths ciliate along the margins, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6181
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6183
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6186
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Nodes conspicuously bearded with reflexed hairs, culms otherwise glabrous, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium microcarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ramulosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Panicum nitidum var. ramulosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum microcarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum microcarpon
4344
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: floodplain forests, swamps, openings, and borders of streams and ponds, and occasionally in dry upland woods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain & SC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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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