Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
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
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
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
Differs from D. dichotomum var. dichotomum in having smaller spikelets and ...
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JK Marlow jkm200525_05310
May Greenville County SC
... 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
Spikelets small: 1.4-1.9 mm long, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5306
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5307
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5307_copy
May Greenville County SC
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
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 (2/8/20):
Dichanthelium microcarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain & SC Mountains)
Habitat: floodplain forests, swamps, openings, and borders of streams and ponds, and occasionally in dry upland woods, per Weakley's Flora
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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 yellowish/Purplish
Grain
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