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Common Name:
Guinea Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Megathyrsus maximus FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Urochloa maxima FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: A wide variety of dry to moist disturbed areas, pine plantations, fruit groves
Rare
Non-native: Africa
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Common Name:
Browntop Millet, Dixie Signalgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Urochloa ramosa FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Urochloa ramosa FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Tropical Africa & Asia
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Common Name:
Beaked Panicum, Beaked Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum anceps FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum anceps var. anceps 029-81-001a FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist sandy woods, swamps, sloughs, roadsides, fields, waste places, often weedy
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Small Beaked Panicum, Small Beaked Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coleataenia anceps ssp. rhizomata FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum anceps FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum anceps var. rhizomatum 029-81-001b FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry sandy or loamy pinelands, maritime forests, ditches
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Tall Flat Panicgrass, Stalked Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Coleataenia pulchra FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum rigidulum var. elongatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum stipitatum 029-81-003 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Marshes, low woods, ditches, swamps, shores, meadows, beaver marshes
Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains & Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Redtop Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coleataenia rigidula ssp. rigidula FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum agrostoides var. agrostoides 029-81-004a FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Wet sandy or peaty soils low woods, meadows, marshes, shores, swamps, ditches, often weedy
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dense Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coleataenia rigidula ssp. condensa FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum agrostoides var. condensum 029-81-004b FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Marshes, meadows, low woods, ditches, stream and pond shores, freshwater tidal shores
Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Seaside Panicum, Bitter Seabeach Grass, Bitter Panicgrass, Bitter Seaside Panic-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Panicum amarum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum amarum var. amarum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum amarum 029-81-005 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Coastal dunes and shores
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Switchgrass, Prairie Switchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum virgatum 029-81-006 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry or wet sandy soils of pinelands, fresh and brackish marshes, tidal swamps, interdune swales and ponds, riverside scour prairies, mafic fens, calcareous fens and spring marshes, rocky river shores and bars, and also frequently planted
Common in Coastal Plain & GA Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Panicum virgatum var. cubense FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum virgatum 029-81-006? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Wet to dry sandy pinelands
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Southern Seabeach Grass, Bitter Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Panicum amarulum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum amarum var. amarulum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum amarulum 029-81-007 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Coastal dunes and shores, sand-flats, and longleaf pine sandhills
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomiflorum 029-81-008 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Marshy shores, exposed wet soils, alluvial deposits in floodplain forests, spoil banks, ditches
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wiry Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Panicum flexile FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum flexile FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum flexile 029-81-009 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Glades and openings over mafic or calcareous rocks, damp sandy meadows, open woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Panicum capillare FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum capillare FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum capillare 029-81-010 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open sandy or stony soil, fields, roadsides, waste places, often weedy in cultivated soil
Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Woodland Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum philadelphicum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum philadelphicum 029-81-013 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Glades, barrens, desiccated pondshores, riversides, and other rocky or dry sandy soil of open woods and roadsides
Common in NC Mountains & in Piedmont of GA & NC (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC & in SC Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Torpedo Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Panicum repens FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum repens FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Ditches, roadbanks, disturbed coastal sands, in areas where ship's ballast was deposited
Uncommon in GA, rare northward
Non-native: Europe & Africa
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Common Name:
Swamp Phanopyrum, Savanna Phanopyrum, Savanna Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phanopyrum gymnocarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phanopyrum gymnocarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum gymnocarpon 029-81-015 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Swamps, seasonally flooded soils of cypress-gum sloughs, tidal (freshwater) cypress-gum swamps, disturbed wet soils, low woods, ditches, muddy banks of streams and lakes, sinks, floodplains, and marshes
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Alligator Grass, Paspalidium, Kissimmee Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Paspalidium geminatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum paludivagum 029-81-017 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Deep water of marshes, graminoid-dominated sloughs and swamps (e.g. holes in cypress domes – in sun), and disturbed wet areas including canals
Rare in GA
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Southeastern Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Coleataenia tenera FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panicum tenerum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum tenerum 029-81-021 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, wet pinelands, bogs
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Starved Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium depauperatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium depauperatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum depauperatum 029-81-023 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry soils of grasslands and open woods, often on disturbed soils of roadsides and ditches
Common in NC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Open-flower Witchgrass, Open-flower Rosette Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium laxiflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium laxiflorum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum laxiflorum 029-81-025 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open or shaded woodlands, often in moist soil
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium strigosum var. leucoblepharis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium strigosum var. leucoblepharis FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum ciliatum 029-81-026 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Sandy, acidic soils of pinelands
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Rough-hairy Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum strigosum 029-81-027 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist soils of pine flatwoods, savannas, and pocosins, also in boggy situations
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairless Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum strigosum 029-81-027? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Low, open sandy pinelands and hammocks, bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Needleleaf Witchgrass, Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum aciculare 029-81-028 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Sandy woods and fields
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Pineland Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium pinetorum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open sandy pine and pine/oak woodlands
Native to Florida
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Common Name:
Nerved Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium neuranthum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum neuranthum 029-81-029 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Maritime wet grasslands, Piedmont prairie-like barrens
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium angustifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum angustifolium 029-81-030 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Sandy pinelands and fields
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains, uncommon elsewhere elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sandy Woods Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium arenicoloides FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open sandy soil of pinelands and dunes, primarily near the coast; probably occasional to frequent, but long overlooked
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Spindle-fruited Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium fusiforme FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium aciculare FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum fusiforme 029-81-033 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist sand of open pine and pine-oak woods and clearings
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ravenel's Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium ravenelii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium ravenelii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum ravenelii 029-81-037 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky thin woods and openings, sometimes in moist soils
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium oligosanthes FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum oligosanthes 029-81-038 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, barrens over xeric alluvial deposits, other xeric sandy soils, sandy fields and open woods
Uncommon in Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA & NC Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Witchgrass, Woolly Rosette Grass, Tapered Rosette Grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum lanuginosum 029-81-039 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dryish sandy or clayey soils of open woods and disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Slender-stemmed Witchgrass, Western Woolly Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum lanuginosum 029-81-039? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open or cut-over woods, thickets, fields, meadows, and shores, frequently on disturbed soils
Common in NC Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Lindheimer's Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum lanuginosum 029-81-039? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open or cut-over woods, thickets, fields, meadows, and shores, often on wet soils
Uncommon (rare in SC Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White-haired Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum villosissimum 029-81-040 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry sandy soil of open woods and prairies
Common (uncommon in GA) (uncommon in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: American Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium columbianum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum columbianum 029-81-042 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist thin woods and open ground, usually in sandy soil
Uncommon in Mountains & Piedmont of NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Forked Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Wet-mesic to dry woods, thickets, and woodland openings
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ringed Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium annulum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky soil of open woods, dry grasslands, and barrens, and glades over serpentine, limestone, calcareous shales, and other high pH dry soils
Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium caerulescens FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps, wet pinelands, maritime grasslands, damp sandy soil
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name: Shining Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist sandy or peaty soil of wet pine savannas and pocosin ecotones, wet meadows near the coast, swamps, and marshes
Common in NC-SC Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bog Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium lucidum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Wet meadows, sphagnous swamps, bogs, wet woods, sphagnous streamhead pocosins, baygalls
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains, uncommon elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Mattamuskeet Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, meadows, borders of pocosin shrub swamps, thickets
Common in NC, uncommon in SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Small-fruited Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium microcarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests, swamps, openings, and borders of streams and ponds, and occasionally in dry upland woods
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain & SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Naked Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium nudicaule FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet pine savannas
Native to Florida & Alabama
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Common Name: Roanoke Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium roanokense FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, swamp openings, and wet peaty meadows
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Peaty Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium sphagnicola FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Edges of cypress swamps, in sphagnous bogs, moist shady places
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Spotted-sheath Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium yadkinense FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum dichotomum 029-81-045? FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests, thickets, bottomlands, and swamps, often on alluvial deposits
Common in Carolina Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium longiligulatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium longiligulatum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum longiligulatum 029-81-048 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, pine savannas, bogs, swamps
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Erectleaf Witchgrass, Erectleaf Panicgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium erectifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium erectifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum erectifolium 029-81-054 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, pine savannas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum sphaerocarpon 029-81-055 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist or dry thin woods, meadows, and ditches, often in dry sandy soil
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Many-flowered Witchgrass, Small-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium polyanthes FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. isophyllum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum polyanthes 029-81-056 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Damp to dry soil of open woods and ditches
Common (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Velvet Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium scoparium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium scoparium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum scoparium 029-81-057 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist sandy soil of woodland openings and ditches
Common (uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Tall Swamp Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium scabriusculum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium scabriusculum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum scabriusculum 029-81-058 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Moist, low, open or shaded woodlands, often along streams or ditches
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Variable Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dichanthelium commutatum + FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium commutatum FAMILY: Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum commutatum 029-81-059 FAMILY: Poaceae
Common to rare, depending on variety
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Rosette Grass, Broadleaf Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium latifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium latifolium FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum latifolium 029-81-060 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Open or shady well-drained forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Deer-tongue Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium clandestinum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium clandestinum FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum clandestinum 029-81-061 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Shaded to filtered woodlands, ditches and low areas, and often in moist sandy soil
Common in Carolina Mountains & Piedmont (rare in GA Coastal Plain) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bosc's Witchgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichanthelium boscii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichanthelium boscii FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panicum boscii 029-81-062 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Shaded mesic to dry woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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