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Digitaria

*Digitaria bicornis (Lamarck) Roemer & J.A. Schultes. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Sandy fields, lawns, roadsides, disturbed places. Distribution: Native of se. and s. Asia, now distributed widely in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Webster (1980) believed that this species is likely to occur in VA and MD, as well.

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Origin/Endemic status: E., se., and s. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, Webster (1987); = n/a — RAB; = Syntherisma barbatum (Willd.) Nash — S13; > Digitaria diversiflora Swallen — Tx; Paspalum bicorne Lamarck. Basionym: Paspalum bicorne Lam. 1791

Links to other floras: = Digitaria bicornis - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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