...Moist
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-81-062:
Panicum boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. molle
COMMON NAME:
Bosc's Witchgrass, Bosc's Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pabo5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pabo5_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Spikelets over 4mm long, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085b
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Spikelets 3.7-4.2mm long; rachis and spreading-ascending branches villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085c
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100514_092
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
[This one measured about 27mm.] Blades 12-40mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm100611_013
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow jkm100611_017
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow jkm100611_018
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow s050604_l
June Greenville County SC
Culms 40-70cm tall, glabrous or minutely puberulent, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow s050604_l2
June Greenville County SC
Blade margins scaberulose, bases cordate, long-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050604_l3
June Greenville County SC
Panicle 6-12cm long, spikelets 4-4.5mm long, about half as wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow s050604_m
June Greenville County SC
Blades glabrous, puberulent or pilose on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050604_m2
June Greenville County SC
Blades spreading, 7-12cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, sparsely ciliate at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm090717_107
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
Internodes glabrous, puberulent, or papillose-pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090717_111
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
The nodes of the stems are bearded with soft hairs, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.