Smooth Witchgrass (Plants of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Grounds, Chicago, Illinois)

Smooth Witchgrass

Panicum dichotomiflorum

Summary ⁶

Panicum dichotomiflorum, known by the common name Fall panicgrass, is a species of Poaceae "true grass". It is native to much of the eastern United States and parts of Canada, and it can be found in the Western United States through California. It may be an introduced species in some western climates. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas and chaparral habitats.

General description ⁷

Panicum dichotomiflorum var. puritanorum Svenson

Ecological interactions

Conservation status

SR-P; S1, G5T4.

Distribution

Wet pine savannas (SPS-T).

Notes

Rare. Jul–Oct . Thornhill 935 (NCSC). [= Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. subsp. puritanorum (Svenson) Freckmann & Lelong sensu FNA; = Weakley]

Sources and Credits

(c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/photos/fall_panicum1.jpg
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/paba2_001_lhd.jpg
(c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=padi_001_avd.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/"">USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=padi_002_avp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/"">USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=padi_003_avp.tif
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicum_dichotomiflorum
(c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31441888

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