4347

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Look for it in moist, low, open or shaded woodlands, often along streams or ditches , per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p674
• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p676

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Dichanthelium scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-058:
Panicum scabriusculum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum aculeatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum scabriusculum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum aculeatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum scabriusculum