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Poaceae
Dichanthelium

Dichanthelium annulum (Ashe) LeBlond. Common name: Ringed Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. 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. Distribution: NY, NJ, IN, and MO south to AL and MS, primarily in the Appalachian Province with very few occurrences in the Coastal Plain

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: One of the more distinctive taxa within the D. dichotomum group by morphology, habitat, and range. Plants from se. MA with all leaves pubescent, glabrous internodes, and spikelets 2.2-2.5 mm long were described as Panicum annulum var. glabrescens, but belong to D. mattamuskeetense. Reported for Pulaski County, KY (Brock 2020).

Synonymy ⓘ: = NY, Pa, Va, LeBlond (2001a); = Panicum annulum Ashe — F, HC, S; = Panicum annulum Ashe var. annulum — G; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould — Gould & Clark (1978); < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. dichotomum — K4; < Panicum dichotomum L. — C, GW1, RAB; < Panicum dichotomum L. var. mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Lelong — Lelong (1984). Basionym: Panicum annulum Ashe 1898

Links to other floras: < Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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